auklet

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any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts

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Harrison (1988) p. 406 The puffins and the rhinoceros auklet are closely related, together composing the subfamily Fraterculini. Source: Internet

Despite climate change, receding ice pack, ocean acidification, and other environmental pressures on Arctic species, the Rhinoceros Auklet – or “rhino” for short – is thriving, and Will is determined to discover why. Source: Internet

Since it may be more closely related to the rhinoceros auklet than the other puffins, it is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Lunda. Source: Internet

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