Which is the only species of penguin likely to be seen in the wild north of the Equator?
Galapagos penguin Galapagos penguin The Galápagos penguin ("Spheniscus mendiculus") is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It is the only penguin that lives north of the equator. It can survive due to the cool temperatures resulting from the Humboldt Current and cool waters from great depths brought up by the Cromwell Current. The Galápagos penguin is one of the banded penguins, the other species of which live mostly on the coasts of Africa and mainland South America. The average Galápagos penguin is long and in weight. It is the second smallest species of penguin after the little penguin. Galápagos penguins have
Extinct in the wild Extinct in the wild An extinct in the wild (EW) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as known only by living members kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range due to massive habitat loss. Examples of species and subspecies that are extinct in the wild include: The Pinta Island tortoise ("Geochelone nigra abingdoni") had only one living individual, named Lonesome George, until his death in June 2012. The tortoise was believed to be entirely extinct in the mid-20th century, until Hungarian malacologist József Vágvölgyi spotted Lonesome