The genus Aptenodytes contains two extant species of penguins collectively known as "the great penguins".[2]
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The genus Aptenodytes contains two extant species of penguins collectively known as "the great penguins". The name "Aptenodytes" is a composite of Ancient...
The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female...
The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin...
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...
the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster under the binomial name Aptenodytes chrysocome. The species is now placed in the genus Eudyptes that was...
loud, harsh call. This species was originally given the scientific name Aptenodytes antarctica by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1781, thereby placing it in...
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...
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...
putative species not yet accepted by the IOU. Family Spheniscidae Genus Aptenodytes: two species Genus Pygoscelis: three species Genus Eudyptula: one species...
Nils Olav Nils Olav II in 2008 Species King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Sex Male Hatched Edinburgh, Scotland Residence Edinburgh Zoo Named after...
(18 in). The largest species of Sphenisciformes is the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) of the Antarctic, with a maximum height of 1.35 m (4.4 ft)...
38 million years ago, about 2 million years after the ancestors of the genus Aptenodytes. In turn, the Adelie penguins split off from the other members of the...
lasting as long as two months. One such exception is the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). Emperor penguins engage in an extended courtship period that...
"Ontogenetic development of limb bone microstructure in the king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (Miller, 1778), with considerations for palaeoecological...
population Lists of organisms by population BirdLife International (2020). "Aptenodytes patagonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22697748A184637776...
Vegetation in South Georgia. Stonehouse, Bernard – The King Penguin Aptenodytes Patagonica of South Georgia 1. Breeding Behaviour and Development. Upson...
Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Eudyptula Bonaparte, 1856 Type species Aptenodytes minor Species Eudyptula minor Eudyptula novaehollandiae...
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