Pseudemys
Sign in to savePseudemys is a genus of large, herbivorous, freshwater turtles of the eastern United States and adjacent northeast Mexico. They are often referred to as cooters, which stems from kuta, the word for turtle in the Bambara and Malinké languages, brought to America by enslaved people from Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyEmydidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded50,897
偽龜屬（学名：Pseudemys）是澤龜科下的一個屬，其成員是主要生活在美國東部的大型食草類淡水龜。在美國亦常被稱為cooters，這個詞來自于非洲奴隸帶來的的班巴拉語和曼丁卡語。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,130
- With media
- 434
- Family
- Emydidae
- Collections
- USNM, NCSM, ROM, KU, UTA, UF
- Recorded in
- United States
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudemys
- taxon common name
- クーターガメ属
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