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The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the penguin or garefowl, is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is unrelated to the penguins of the Southern Hemisphere, which were named for their resemblance to this species.
It is the closest living relative of the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis). [4] Historically, it has also been known as "auk", [5] "razor-billed auk" [6] and "lesser auk". [7] Razorbills are primarily black with a white underside. The male and female are identical in plumage; however, males are generally larger than females.
Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) The Great Auk, a flightless bird, was hunted to total extinction by 1844 . Over-hunted for their feathers, meat, and oil, their population plummeted for decades and ...
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the penguin or garefowl, is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is unrelated to the penguins of the Southern Hemisphere, which were named for their resemblance to this species.
†Pinguinus. Taxidermied specimen of Pinguinus impennis, or the great auk †Pinguinus impennis; Placopecten †Placopecten magellanicus †Prophoca – or unidentified comparable form †Prophoca rousseaui
Pinguinus. Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (extinct, c.1844) Alca. Razorbill, Alca torda; Tribe Synthliboramphini – synthliboramphine murrelets Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle, a true guillemot) in summer (front) and winter plumage. Synthliboramphus. Scripps's murrelet, Synthliboramphus scrippsi – formerly in S. hypoleucus ("Xantus's murrelet")
Pinguinus impennis: Northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean Sea Originally hunted for its feathers, meat, fat, and oil; as it grew rare, also to supply collectionists. The last pair on the eastern Atlantic was killed on Eldey Island, off Iceland in 1844. [87]
The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), formerly of the genus Alca, was a large, flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. "that became extinct in the mid-19th century." Surely "that was hunted to extinction in the mid-19th century." would be the most pertinent description regarding this creature.