African penguin | |
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At Boulders Beach in Simon’s Town, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Spheniscus |
Species: |
S. demersus
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Binomial name | |
Spheniscus demersus |
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Extant (resident)
Extant at-sea range (resident)
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Distribution of the African penguin | |
Synonyms | |
Diomedea demersa Linnaeus, 1758 |
African penguin | |
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At Boulders Beach in Simon’s Town, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Spheniscus |
Species: |
S. demersus
|
Binomial name | |
Spheniscus demersus |
|
Extant (resident)
Extant at-sea range (resident)
|
|
Distribution of the African penguin | |
Synonyms | |
Diomedea demersa Linnaeus, 1758 |