The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Chelarga
(Casuariidae; syn. Dromaius † Australian Emu D. novaehollandiae) Gr. χηλαργος khēlargos with fleet hooves < χηλη khēlē hoof; αργος argos swift; "STRUTHIONIDES, alis volatui ineptis: { Divisio 1. pedibus didactylis: 1. Struthio. Div. 2. ped. 3-dactylis: 2. Gauria B. (Rhea Brisson), 3. Thrasys B. et 4. Chelarga B. (Casuarius Briss)" (Billberg 1828); "Chelarga Billberg, 1828, Synopsis Faunae Scandinaviae, I (2), tab. A. New name for Casuarius "Brisson", i.e. Dromaius Vieillot, 1816." (JAJ 2021) (see Thrasys).
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