Eudyptula minor Forster 1781 (little penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae

Alternative combination: Aptenodytes minor

Belongs to Eudyptula according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Baird 1992, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Fordyce 1991, Tennyson and Millener 1994, Worthy 1998 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxon: Eudyptula wilsonae

Subtaxa: Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (9)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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