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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Spheniscidae.

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  • Its scientific name Eudyptula minor means "good little diver" and, as penguins are primarily birds of the sea, they have distinctive adaptations that allow them to exploit their marine environment.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Its scientific name Eudyptula minor means "good little diver" and, as penguins are primarily birds of the sea, they have distinctive adaptations that allow them to exploit their marine environment.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • A common ancestry for penguins and tubenoses (Procellariiformes) has been suggested by the presence of tubular nostrils in fossil penguins and in the extant Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor).

    Penguins 2010

  • Little penguin (also Little Blue penguin and Blue penguin) (Eudyptula minor)

    Penguins 2010

  • Little penguin (also Little Blue penguin and Blue penguin) (Eudyptula minor)

    Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

  • Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the actual name of this small species from Australia and New Zealand.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • Not many people are aware that Sydney Harbour is the home to little penguins called Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor), a critically endangered species staving off the onslaught of human encroachment.

    ETravelBlackboard.com 2009

  • Not many people are aware that Sydney Harbour is the home to little penguins called Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor), a critically endangered species staving off the onslaught of human encroachment.

    ETravelBlackboard.com 2009

  • Penguins fall under the following taxonomic classification: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Aves; Order: Sphenisciformes; Family: Spheniscidae; Genus: There are six genera, including Aptenodytes (the great penguins), Pygoscelis (the brush-tailed penguins), Eudyptes (the crested penguins), Spheniscus (the banded or jackass penguins), Megadyptes (the Yellow-eyed penguin is the only one in this genus), and Eudyptula (the Little Blue penguin is the only one in this genus).

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

  • Little Blue (or Fairy penguin—Eudyptula minor (There are six subspecies of Little Blue penguins, including the White-flippered penguin or Eudyptula minor albosignata.

    The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

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