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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Casuarius bennetti
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- taxon common name
- mali kazuar
- litter size
- 3.9
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon range
- New Britain
- main food source
- snail
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Encyclopedic overview
The dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), also known as Bennett's cassowary, little cassowary, mountain cassowary or muruk, is the smallest of the three extant species of cassowaries.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dwarf Cassowary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.