Aptenodytes fosteri, emperor penguin
This emperor penguin, one of the earliest to come to Britain, was one of the many specimens collected by James Clark Ross Antarctic expedition between 1839 and 1843. The taxidermist who prepared it was not familiar with live emperor penguins and created an unusually long, thin penguin
Picture No
10716695
Media ID
47591245
Size
1577px x 3533px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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1817 1911 1817-1911 Antarctic Antarctica Aptenodytes Beak Dalton Forsteri Fosteri Hooker Penguin Seabird Spheniscidae Sphenisciformes
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