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In Galapagos penguin: Conservation status
In addition, feral cats, introduced from the mainland, kill many adult Galapagos penguins on Isabela and Fernandina annually. Some ecologists fear that avian malaria carried by the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus could devastate the remaining Galapagos penguin population, because most other penguin species are susceptible to the disease.…
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