African Penguin Size
Size of African Penguin
Weight | 2-5 kg [2kg - 5kg (4.4lbs - 11lbs)] | ||
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Height | 60-68 cm [60cm - 68cm (24in - 27in)] | ||
Lifespan | 10-15 yrs [10-15 years] | ||
Maximum speed | Top swimming speed id 20 kmph (12.4 mph) |
The African Penguin is a member of the chordata, In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Aves, and it belongs to the order Sphenisciformes.
The African Penguin belonged to the family Spheniscidae, mainly distributed in Africa, Ocean. They like to live in rocky ocean islands, and diurnal is their life style.Their skin type is feathers, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly grey, black, white. In addition, fish, squid, crustaceans are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are sharks, fur seals, gulls.It is currently estimated that there are 140,000.
The most distinctive feature of African Penguin is pink glands above their eyes. If we use one sentence to describe the African Penguin , it is "The only penguin species in Africa!".