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Tortoises (/ˈtɔːr.təs.ɪz/) are
reptiles of the
family Testudinidae of the
order Testudines (Latin for "
tortoise"). Like
other turtles,
tortoises have a...
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These tortoises are
quite social, and they will
visit nearby burrows, and
sometimes several will
spend the
night in one burrow.
Russian tortoises are po****r...
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Mediterranean tortoises (genera
Testudo and Agrionemys). The
other four
species are Hermann's
tortoise (T. hermanni), the
Egyptian tortoise (T. kleinmanni)...
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humid highlands, the
tortoises are larger, with
domed s**** and
short necks; on
islands with dry lowlands, the
tortoises are smaller, with "saddleback"...
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Giant tortoises are any of
several species of
various large land
tortoises,
which include a
number of
extinct species, as well as two
extant species with...
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native to
Aldabra atoll. It is one of the
largest tortoises in the world. Historically,
giant tortoises were
found on many of the
western Indian Ocean islands...
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Juvenile tortoises tend to eat more legumes,
which are
higher in protein, and
fewer gr****es and tough,
fibrous plants than
mature tortoises. As gopher...
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between desert tortoises east and west of the
Colorado River, it was
decided that two
species of
desert tortoises exist: Ag****iz's
desert tortoise (Gopherus...
- The red-footed
tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius) is a
species of
tortoise from
northern South America.
These medium-sized
tortoises generally average...
- from the Seyc****es in the
Indian Ocean in 1882,
along with
three other tortoises at
about 50
years of age. He was
named in the 1930s by
Governor of Saint...
