The ancestors of the earliest penguins lived around the time of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction (~65 million years ago) event somewhere in the general area of what is now southern New Zealand and Byrd Land, Antarctica. It appears likely that at this time they still had the ability to fly, but this cannot be confirmed from the available fossils.
The scientific name for penguins is "Spheniscidae." It is pronounced as "sfeh-niss-ih-dee."
The scientific name for penguin is Spheniscidae. This includes all penguins, extinct and living. It is the only Family in the Order Sphenisciform.
Small penguins are called Fairy Penguins. They are also called Little Blue Penguins because of the blue plumage. They are the smallest of the penguins.
The genus of the penguins varies according to the species. Penguins are in the order Sphenisciformes and within this order there are six genera (which is the plural of genus), which are then divided into a further 17 species.The various genera are:Aptenodytes (Emperor and King penguins)Pygoscelis (brush-tailed penguins)Eudyptes (crested penguins)Megadyptes (yellow-eyed penguins)Spheniscus (banded penguins)Eudyptula (Little Blue penguins)The 17 species of penguin are:AdelieEmperorFairy (also known as Little or Little Blue)ChinstrapGentooYellow-eyedAfricanGalapagosRockhopperMacaroniFjordlandMagellanicHumboldtErect-crestedSnaresKingRoyalFor more information on each species, see the related link below.
Genus Pygocelis
Waddell comes from the Latin root, " waddle." the Waddell dynasties originated from Antarctica and were originally penguins and ducks and evolved into a good looking group of people.
Mr. Poppers penguins were Gentoo penguins.
there are heaps - adelli penguins, rockhopper penguins, fairy penguins, emperor penguins, just to name a few
Giant Penguins are emperor penguins:
many diffrent animals live with penguins but it has to be a penguin
a penguins body is called: A penguins body. ITS EASY!
penguins do harm other penguins.
A bunch of penguins are called a flock of penguins.
There are 17 types (species) of penguins. They are: Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri) Fiordland penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus ) Little (Blue) penguins (Eudyptula minor) Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) Royal penguins (Eudyptes schlegeli) Snares penguins (Eudyptes robustus) Yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)
No, a type of sea lions eat penguins.
Adelie penguins are not preyed upon by other penguins, so there is no reason for them to escape.
Because they are kings of other penguins. Actually, they were named first - that is, before the Emperor Penguins - and were thought to be the largest of the penguins at the time.