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• Waitaha_Penguin abstract "The Waitaha Penguin (Megadyptes waitaha) is an extinct species of New Zealand penguin discovered in November 2008. The new species was discovered by University of Otago and University of Adelaide scientists comparing the foot bones of 500-year-old, 100-year-old and modern specimens of penguins. They initially believed all belonged to the Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), a species that has been threatened since human settlement. However, the 500-year-old subfossil bones yielded different DNA. According to lead researcher Sanne Boessenkool, Waitaha Penguins "were around 10% smaller than the Yellow-eyed Penguin. The two species are very closely related, but we can't say if they had a yellow crown." "Our findings demonstrate that yellow-eyed penguins on mainland New Zealand are not a declining remnant of a previous abundant population, but came from the subantarctic relatively recently and replaced the extinct Waitaha Penguin," said team member Dr Jeremy Austin, deputy director of the Australasian Centre for Ancient DNA.As the local Māori people have no record of this different species, it is estimated to have perished between c. 1300 and 1500, soon after Polynesian settlers arrived in New Zealand. While it is currently unclear precisely how the species became extinct, Boessenkool says they were probably eaten by the settlers. "The fact we find these bones in archaeological sites, villages or settlements, suggests hunting played a role. The birds were an easy target, easy to take and there were never very many of them." After their extinction, their range was occupied by Yellow-eyed Penguins, previously most abundant in the sub-Antarctic islands further south. The decrease in sea lion populations after human settlement may also have eased their expansion. Another coauthor, Dr Phil Seddon, said "these unexpected results highlight ... the dynamic nature of ecosystem change, where the loss of one species may open up opportunities for the expansion of another." The report was published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.The penguin was named for the Māori iwi (tribe), the Waitaha, whose tribal lands included the areas the Waitaha Penguin are thought to have inhabited.".
• Waitaha_Penguin binomialAuthority Sanne_Boessenkool.
• Waitaha_Penguin class Bird.
• Waitaha_Penguin conservationStatus "EX".
• Waitaha_Penguin family Penguin.
• Waitaha_Penguin genus Megadyptes.
• Waitaha_Penguin kingdom Animal.
• Waitaha_Penguin order Penguin.
• Waitaha_Penguin phylum Chordate.
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• Waitaha_Penguin wikiPageRevisionID "602222263".
• Waitaha_Penguin binomial "Megadyptes waitaha".
• Waitaha_Penguin binomialAuthority "Boessenkool et al., 2009".
• Waitaha_Penguin classis Bird.
• Waitaha_Penguin extinct "1300".
• Waitaha_Penguin familia Penguin.
• Waitaha_Penguin genus "Megadyptes".
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• Waitaha_Penguin name "Waitaha Penguin".
• Waitaha_Penguin ordo Penguin.
• Waitaha_Penguin phylum Chordate.
• Waitaha_Penguin regnum "Animalia".
• Waitaha_Penguin species "M. waitaha".
• Waitaha_Penguin status "EX".
• Waitaha_Penguin subject Category:Animals_described_in_2009.
• Waitaha_Penguin subject Category:Extinct_birds_of_New_Zealand.
• Waitaha_Penguin subject Category:Extinct_flightless_birds.
• Waitaha_Penguin subject Category:Late_Quaternary_prehistoric_birds.
• Waitaha_Penguin subject Category:Penguins.
• Waitaha_Penguin subject Category:Spheniscinae.
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• Waitaha_Penguin type ExtinctBirdsOfNewZealand.
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• Waitaha_Penguin type Animal.
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• Waitaha_Penguin type Species.
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• Waitaha_Penguin comment "The Waitaha Penguin (Megadyptes waitaha) is an extinct species of New Zealand penguin discovered in November 2008. The new species was discovered by University of Otago and University of Adelaide scientists comparing the foot bones of 500-year-old, 100-year-old and modern specimens of penguins. They initially believed all belonged to the Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), a species that has been threatened since human settlement.".
• Waitaha_Penguin label "Waitaha Penguin".
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• Waitaha_Penguin sameAs Waitaha_Penguin.
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• Waitaha_Penguin isPrimaryTopicOf Waitaha_Penguin.
• Waitaha_Penguin name "Waitaha Penguin".