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Galapagos penguin
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The Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) is a penguin endemic tae the Galapagos Islands. It is the anly penguin that lives north o the equator in the wild. It can survive due tae the cuil temperaturs resultin frae the Humboldt Current an cuil watters frae great depths broucht up bi the Cromwell Current. The Galapagos Penguin is ane o the bandit penguins, the ither species o which live maistly on the coasts o Africae an mainland Sooth Americae.
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Galapagos penguin | |
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Adult male swimmin | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Faimily: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Spheniscus |
Species: | S. mendiculus |
Binomial name | |
Spheniscus mendiculus Sundevall, 1871 | |
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Distribution o the Galápagos Penguin |
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