Casuariidae Casuariidae The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu. All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea, though the extinct potential member "Hypselornis" was native to India. The characteristics of the family are those of its members. The fossil record of casuariforms is interesting, but not very extensive. Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent a distinct genus, "Emuarius", which had a cassowary-like skull and femur and an emu-like lower leg and foot. A Pliocene Indian ratite, "Hypselornis", has
Emu Creek Station Emu Creek Station Emu Creek or Emu Creek Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station located approximately east of Coral Bay and south east of Exmouth in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The station occupies an area of and has a carrying capacity of 1,590 head of cattle. The property was established in 1891 and occupied an area of almost . Initially sheep were run at Emu Creek and some 20,000 were pastured and shorn in the early years. The station also runs a Bureau of Meteorology weather station which in 2014 recorded 67 days of temperatures of