Testudo

See also: testudo

Translingual

Testudo graeca

Etymology

From Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle”).

Proper noun

Testudo f

1. 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