Spheniscidae

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Spheniscidae - comprising all existing penguins

family Spheniscidae

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

order Sphenisciformes, Sphenisciformes - penguins

penguin - short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

genus Pygoscelis, Pygoscelis - a genus of Spheniscidae

Aptenodytes, genus Aptenodytes - large penguins

genus Spheniscus, Spheniscus - type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins

Eudyptes, genus Eudyptes - rock hoppers

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A variety of cardiovascular diseases has been reported in individuals from the Spheniscidae family, including ventricular septal defects, Dirofilaria immitis infection, pulmonary hypertension, and valvular dysplasia, ultimately resulting in congestive heart failure.

Radiographic evaluation of cardiac silhouette in clinically healthy Humboldt penguins (Sphensicus humboldti)

Penguins of the Spheniscidae family are pelagic birds that are totally adapted to the marine environment.

Ultrastructural aspects of the tongue in Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781)/Aspectos ultraestruturais da lingua de Pinguim-de-Magalhaes Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781)

Hematological and Blood Biochemical Values in Wild and Captive Penguin Humboldt Spheniscus humboldti (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae)

Comparacion de los valores hematologicos y bioquimicos en pinguinos Spheniscus humboldti (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae) silvestres y en cautiverio

Ocorrencia de Contracaecum pelagicum Johnston & Mawson, 1942 (Nematoda, Anisakidae), em pinguim-de-magalhaes (Spheniscus magellanicus Forster, 1781) (Aves, Spheniscidae) no litoral do Espirito Santo.

Ecological aspects of helminth fauna of magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus (aves: Spheniscidae), from the Northern Coast of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil/Aspectos ecologicos da helmintofauna de pinguins de Magalhaes, Spheniscus magellanicus (Aves: Spheniscidae), do Litoral Norte do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil

Segundo registro para Chile del Pinguino azul Eudyptula minor (Spheniscidae) en la costa de Santo Domingo.

No it's not a Murre, it's a penguin

Pansphenisciformes is applied to the clade including all taxa more closely related to Spheniscidae than any other extant avian lineage.

Diversidad de vertebrados marino costeros de la Provincia Weddelliana en un horizonte basal (Ypresiano, Eoceno) del Alomiembro Cucullaea I, Formacion La Meseta, isla Seymour (Marambio), Antartida

Further study of Contracaecum pelagicum (Nematodo: Anisakidae) in Spheniscus magellanicus (Aves: Spheniscidae) from Argentinean coasts.

First pathological report of parasitic gastric ulceration in Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) along the coast of south-central Chile/Primera descripcion patologica de ulceras gastricas parasitarias en el pinguino de Humboldt (Spheniscus humboldti) en la costa centro-sur de Chile

Photographic images of penguins Spheniscidae against a contrasting background provide an efficient census technique that has been used increasingly in recent years (e.g.

The use of Google Earth[TM] satellite imagery to detect the nests of masked boobies Sula dactylatra

(1.) Penguins belong to the class of birds, order Sphenisciformes and family Spheniscidae.

Arctic and Antarctic: two poles--different scores: Similarities and differences in security structures surrounding the two polar caps

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