Testudo
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Testudo graeca
See also: testudo
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle”).
Proper noun
Testudo f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – tortoises found in southern Europe, north Africa, and western Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata - subclass; Testudines - order; Cryptodira - suborder; Testudinoidea - superfamily; Testudinidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Testudo graeca - type species; for other species see
Testudo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- Testudo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Testudo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Testudo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Testudo at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Testudo at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Testudinidae at Animal Diversity Web
- Testudo at AnimalBase
- Testudo at Paleobiology Database
