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Spheniscus demersus (African penguin)
Taxonomy
Diomedea demersa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Spheniscus demersus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Spheniscus demersus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Diomedea demersa Linnaeus |
2014 | Spheniscus demersus del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Spheniscus demersus Clements et al. |
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Spheniscus demersus Linnaeus 1758 [African penguin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available