Spheniscus

Summary

Spheniscus is a taxon^[1]. Spheniscus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Spheniscus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Spheniscus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Spheniscus belongs to the parent taxon penguin^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Spheniscus is Spheniscus^[6].
• Spheniscus's Commons category is recorded as Spheniscus^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Spheniscus is African Penguin^[8].
• Spheniscus began on -13000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Spheniscus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spheniscus^[10].
• Spheniscus's Commons gallery is recorded as Spheniscus^[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Spheniscus is Spheniscus^[6]. Spheniscus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Spheniscus belongs to the parent taxon penguin^[5]. The taxonomic type of Spheniscus is African Penguin^[8].

Identifiers

Spheniscus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3811^[12]. Spheniscus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9239^[13]. Spheniscus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511491^[14]. Spheniscus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481654^[15]. Spheniscus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174461^[16].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Spheniscus include Pittsburgh Penguins^[17], an ice hockey team^[18], in United States^[19], founded in 1967^[20].

Why It Matters

Spheniscus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Spheniscus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for Spheniscus include Pittsburgh Penguins^[17], an ice hockey team^[18], in United States^[19], founded in 1967^[20].