Biology:Chatham penguin
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| Chatham penguin Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Eudyptes |
| Species: | E. chathamensis
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| Eudyptes chathamensis | |
The Chatham penguin ("Eudyptes chathamensis")[1] was a species of penguin, now extinct.[2] It is known only from subfossil bones, but may have become extinct[3] as recently as the late 19th century as a bird kept captive at some time between 1867 and 1872[4] might refer to this taxon. It appears to have been a distinct species, with a thin, slim and low bill. As of 2018, the species had not been formally described.
References
- ↑ Thiebot et al., 2013, p.2
- ↑ Richard N. Holdaway, Trevor H. Worthy, Alan J. D. Tennyson (2001). A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact , New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 28 119-187.
- ↑ Animals of the Chatham Islands: Native animals
- ↑ A.J.D. Tennyson and P.R. Millener (1994). Bird extinctions and fossil bones from Mangere Island, Chatham Islands, Notornis (Supplement) 41, 165–178.
Bibliography
- Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste; Yves Cherel; Robert J.M. Crawford; Azwianewi B. Makhado; Philip N. Trathan; David Pinaud, and Charles-André Bost. 2013. A Space Oddity: Geographic and Specific Modulation of Migration in Eudyptes Penguins. PLOS One 8. 1–13. Accessed 2017-10-13.
Wikidata ☰ Q3206559 entry
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