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Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/ s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ɪ d iː,-d aɪ /) of the order Sphenisciformes (/ s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ə f ɔːr m iː z /). [4] They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator.
Chinstrap penguin. Penguins are birds in the family Spheniscidae in the monotypic order Sphenisciformes. [1] They inhabit high-productivity marine habitats, almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere; the only species to occur north of the Equator is the Galapagos penguin.
Penguin Book of Spanish Verse, Penguin, 1956 (new editions, 1962 and 1988). More Comic and Curious Verse, Penguin, 1956. Yet More Comic and Curious Verse, Penguin, 1959. (with Mark J. Cohen) The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations, Penguin, 1960. Poetry of This Age: 1908–1965, Harper, 1966. Latin American Writing Today, Penguin, 1967.
The Adélie penguin is a truly Antarctic creature – one of only four penguin species to nest on the continent itself. [19] Breeding colonies are scattered along Antarctica's coasts and on a number of sub-Antarctic islands, including those in the South Orkneys , the South Shetlands , the South Sandwich Islands , the Balleny Islands , Scott ...
Magellanic penguin on Argentina's coast Skeleton of a Magellanic penguin. Magellanic penguins are medium-sized penguins which grow to be 61–76 cm (24–30 in) tall and weigh between 2.7 and 6.5 kg (6.0 and 14.3 lb). [3] The males are larger than the females, and the weight of both drops while the parents raise their young.
The generic name comes from Nohoch ("great") and ich'ak ("claw"), a translation of the Greek family name Megalonychidae. The specific name is from Xibalba ("the underworld") and ahkah ("dweller") [181] Nopal (Opuntia cochinellifera) cactus: Nahuatl: From nohpalli, via Spanish [citation needed] Nystalus chacuru (white-eared puffbird) puffbird ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Winnie ille Pu is a 1958 translation of Winnie-the-Pooh into Latin by Alexander Lenard. The book was an unexpected hit, becoming the first foreign-language book to make The New York Times Best Seller list. Its success inspired the translation of a number of other children's books into Latin.