Spheniscidae
"Spheniscidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The sole family in the order Sphenisciformes, comprised of 17 species of penguins in six genera. They are flightless seabirds of the Southern Hemisphere, highly adapted for marine life.
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D046429
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B01.050.150.900.248.860
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2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spheniscidae" by people in Profiles.
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Park JH, Song J, Ahn N, Lee BH, Kim HC, Lee WS, Choi CY, Lee YJ, Lee EK, Lee HS. Health Surveillance of Penguins in the Barton Peninsula on King George Island, Antarctica. J Wildl Dis. 2021 07 01; 57(3):612-617.