Eudyptes

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Eudyptes
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". It is possible that this penguin is recently exctinct.

[edit] Classification

ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES

• Family Spheniscidae
  • Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome
    • Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes (chrysocome) moseleyi
  • Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
  • Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus
  • Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli
  • Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri
  • Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
  • Chatham Islands Penguin, Eudyptes sp. (prehistoric?)

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