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  2. Tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Tortoises (/ ˈ t ɔːr t ə s. ɪ z / TOR ... Life cycle. Adult male leopard tortoise, South Africa Tortoise laying eggs Young African sulcata tortoise. Most species ...

  3. Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Tortoise numbers declined from over 250,000 in the 16th century to a low of around 15,000 in the 1970s. [7] This decline was caused by overexploitation of the subspecies for meat and oil, habitat clearance for agriculture, and introduction of non-native animals to the islands, such as rats, goats, and pigs. The extinction of most giant tortoise ...

  4. Turtle - Wikipedia

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    In North America, it may denote the order as a whole. In Britain, the name is used for sea turtles as opposed to freshwater terrapins and land-dwelling tortoises. In Australia, which lacks true tortoises (family Testudinidae), non-marine turtles were traditionally called tortoises, but more recently turtle has been used for the entire group. [4]

  5. African spurred tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The tortoises grow faster when there is more rainfall and slower when there is less. [6] They reach sexual maturity after 10 to 15 years. In captivity their life span is around 54 years. In the wild their lifespan is unknown but is believed to exceed 75 years. [10] [6] The tortoise has no known predators when they are hatchlings or adults. [6]

  6. Desert tortoise - Wikipedia

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    These tortoises may attain a length of 25 to 36 cm (10 to 14 in), [12] with males being slightly larger than females. A male tortoise has a longer gular horn than a female, his plastron (lower shell) is concave compared to a female tortoise. Males have larger tails than females do.

  7. Spider tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Very little is known about the life cycle of this endangered tortoise, which is believed to live for up to 70 years. [5] Here they feed on young leaves, insect larvae, and even the droppings of larger animals. When the wet season arrives, the dormancy period ends and the tortoises begin to mate.

  8. Emydura macquarii - Wikipedia

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    Emydura macquarii (common names include Murray River turtle, [7] Macquarie River turtle, [8] eastern short-necked turtle, eastern short-neck turtle and southern river turtle) [9] is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.

  9. Radiated tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) is a tortoise species in the family Testudinidae. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Although this species is native to and most abundant in southern Madagascar , [ 6 ] it can also be found in the rest of this island, and has been introduced to the islands of Réunion and Mauritius . [ 7 ]

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