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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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Pygoscelis is a genus within the animal kingdom, classified under the phylum Chordata, class Aves, order Sphenisciformes, and family Spheniscidae. The taxon was described by Wagler in 1832 and holds an accepted status in biological records. Its habitat is identified as marine.
Specimen records for this genus are held by several institutions, including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ROM, WFVZ, CUMV, and CM. These records originate from locations such as Ecuador, the South Shetland Islands, British Overseas Territories, Antarctica, and South Georgia. The genus has been documented in 246,523 occurrences and is referenced by 103 other encyclopedia articles.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderSphenisciformes
- FamilySpheniscidae
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- 216
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- 55
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ROM, WFVZ, CUMV, CM
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, South Shetland; British Overseas Territories, Antarctica, South Georgia; British Overseas Territories
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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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