Eudyptes

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iEudyptes
Eudyptes chrysocome
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Eudyptes
Vieillot, 1816
Species

Eudyptes chrysocome
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Eudyptes moseleyi
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Eudyptes robustus
Eudyptes schlegeli
Eudyptes sclateri

The genus Eudyptes ("good diver") contains seven living species of penguins collectively known as "The Crested Penguins".

[edit] Classification

ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES

The Chatham Islands form is known only from subfossil bones, but may have gone extinct as late as 1872.


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