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Pygoscelis
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The genus Pygoscelis ("rump-legged") contains three living species of penguins collectively known as "brush-tailed penguins".
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderSphenisciformes
- FamilySpheniscidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded246,523
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The genus Pygoscelis ("rump-legged") contains three living species of penguins collectively known as "brush-tailed penguins".
==Taxonomy== Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence suggests the genus split from other penguins around 38 million years ago, about 2 million years after the ancestors of the genus Aptenodytes. In turn, the Adelie penguins split off from the other members of the genus around 19 million years ago. Extant species
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