Kairuku
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Maori kairuku, from kai (“food”) + ruku (“to dive”)[1]
Proper noun edit
†Kairuku ?
- A taxonomic genus within the order Sphenisciformes – extinct penguins from New Zealand during the late oligocene.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Ksepka, Daniel T., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Tatsuro Ando, Jones, Craig M. (2012 March) “New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology[1], volume 32, number 2, Taylor & Francis, Ltd., pages 235–254
Further reading edit
Kairuku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Kairuku on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Kairuku on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Kairuku at Paleobiology Database
