ROYAL PENGUIN(SPHENISCIPAE)
Class - Aves This class includes all birds. Birds have an outer covering of feathers, are endothermic (warm-blooded), have front limbs modified into wings, and lay eggs. Order - Sphenisciformes This order includes all living and extinct penguins. Family - Spheniscidae Spheniscidae includes all penguins, living and extinct, and is the only family classification in the order Sphenisciformes. Genus, Species Most scientists recognize 18 species of penguins emperor, Aptenodytes forsteri king, Aptenodytes patagonicus Adélie, Pygoscelis adeliae gentoo, Pygoscelis papua chinstrap, Pygoscelis antarcticus northern rockhopper, Eudyptes moseleyi southern rockhopper, Eudyptes chrysocome macaroni, Eudyptes chyrsolophus royal, Eudyptes schlegeli Fiordland crested, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus erect-crested, Eudyptes sclateri Snares Island, Eudyptes robustus yellow-eyed, Megadyptes antipodes little (also known as fairy or little blue), Eudyptula minor Magellanic, Spheniscus magellanicus Hum
