Taxonomy
Edward Blyth first identified the Northern Cassowary from a specimen from an aviary located in Calcutta, India., in 1860. The genus name Casuarius is derived from the Malay word kesuari "cassowary", while the species name unappendiculatusrefers to the species' single wattle. Officially, there are no subspecies, however, some authors list several subspecies.
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