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uncommon
Pinguinus
Pinguinus
Era: QuaternaryDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: HoloceneSize: 0.75mWeight: 5kg
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the penguin or garefowl, is an extinct species of flightless alcid that first appeared around 400,000 years ago and became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus