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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