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Family: Spheniscidae (penguins)
Life
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Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
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Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Ciconiiformes
Species indigenous to southern Africa
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Aptenodytes
patagonicus (King penguin)
Breeds on subantarctic islands. Vagrant in southern African waters. |
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Eudyptes
chrysocome (Rockhopper penguin)
Breeds on subantarctic islands. The commonest of the vagrant
subantarctic species of penguins in southern African waters. |
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Eudyptes
chrysolophus (Macaroni penguin)
Breeds
on subantarctic islands. Vagrant in southern African waters. |
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Pygoscelis
papua (Gentoo penguin)
Breeds on subantarctic islands. Vagrant in southern African waters. |
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Spheniscus
demersus (African penguin, Jackass penguin)
The only breeding species of penguin found round the coast of South
Africa and Namibia. |
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Spheniscus
magellanicus (Magellanic penguin) |
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