| Aptenodytes | |
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| Emperor penguins swimming | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Aptenodytes Miller, JF, 1778 |
| Type species | |
| Aptenodytes patagonicus | |
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Aptenodytes p. patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus halli
Aptenodytes ridgeni (fossil)
breeding grounds
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The genus Aptenodytes contains two extant species of penguins collectively known as "the great penguins".[2]
- ^ Gill, B.J. (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (Fourth ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
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