Aptenodytes

Aptenodytes; Temporal range: Pliocene to recent
	Emperor penguins swimming
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Family:	Spheniscidae
Genus:	Aptenodytes; Miller, JF, 1778
Type species
	Aptenodytes patagonicus;
	Aptenodytes p. patagonicus Aptenodytes patagonicus halli Aptenodytes forsteri Aptenodytes ridgeni (fossil) breeding grounds

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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