The genus Aptenodytes contains two extant species of penguins collectively known as "the great penguins". The name "Aptenodytes" is a composite of Ancient...
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Emperor penguin (redirect from Aptenodytes forsteri)
The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female...
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King penguin (redirect from Aptenodytes patagonicus)
The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin...
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Aptenodytes ridgeni, also referred to as Ridgen's penguin, is an extinct species of penguin from the Pliocene of New Zealand. It was intermediate in size...
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Southern rockhopper penguin (redirect from Aptenodytes chrysocome)
the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster under the binomial name Aptenodytes chrysocome. The species is now placed in the genus Eudyptes that was...
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Chinstrap penguin (redirect from Aptenodytes antarctica)
loud, harsh call. This species was originally given the scientific name Aptenodytes antarctica by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1781, thereby placing it in...
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half in the sea. The largest living species is the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): on average, adults are about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh...
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years ago (Mya), about 2 million years after the ancestors of the genus Aptenodytes. In turn, the Adélie penguins split off from the other members of the...
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putative species not yet accepted by the IOU. Family Spheniscidae Genus Aptenodytes: two species Genus Pygoscelis: three species Genus Eudyptula: one species...
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flightless) Great auk, Pinguinus impennis † Emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Adélie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Chinstrap...
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