King Penguin

kingdom: Animalia

Characteristics that place it here:

• multicellular with specialized eukaryotic cells

• rely on other organisms for nourishment

• ingest food and digest food in an internal cavity

• have their own means of location 

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that place it here:

• Bilaterally symmetrical bodies (the left and right side of the face are the same image as each other

• All Chordatas have a complete nervous system and a digestive system 

• At some point of the life cycle they have a pair of gill slits or pouches used to obtain oxygen in a liquid environment

class: Aves

Characteristics that place it here

• This includes all birds

• they produce eggs with shells

• Aves have a beak no teeth large muscular stomach and feathers

Order: Sphenisiforres 

Characteristics that place it here 

• the kings are one of the species of penguin

Family: Spheniscadae 

Characteristics that place it 

• the king penguin is part of the penguin family 

Genius: Aptendoytes 

• Characteristics that place it here 

• The King penguin has feathers and a large muscular stomachs like most birds do 

Species: Aptenodytes patagoicus 

• King penguins are approximately usually 3 feet tall  

• the king penguin eats mainly fish and floating plankton 

• King penguins are excellent swimmers

• they move in the snow by sliding on there bellies

References:

http://sung3.ifsi.rm.cnr.it/~dargaud/Antarctica/Penguins.html