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Species
Critically EndangeredAsian Forest Tortoise
species
Observations324
Maximum longevity: 19.9 years (captivity)
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- taxon name
- Manouria emys
- Commons category
- Manouria emys
- Commons gallery
- Manouria emys
- taxon common name
- Six-legged Tortoise
- litter size
- 66
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Encyclopedic overview
The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asian forest tortoise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.