Manouria emys

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Manouria emys
Species Authority: (Schlegel & Mueller, 1840)
Common Name/s:
English – Asian Giant Tortoise, Asian Tortoise, Black Giant Tortoise, Burmese Brown Tortoise, Burmese Mountain Tortoise, Six-legged Tortoise
French – Tortue Brune
Synonym/s:
Geochelone emys (Schlegel & Mueller, 1840)
Manouria fusca Gray, 1852
Testudo emys Schlegel & Mueller, 1840
Testudo nutapundi Reimann, in Nutaphand, 1979
Testudo phayrei Blyth, 1853

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   A1cd+2cd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Evaluator/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
History:
1996 – Vulnerable
1994 – Vulnerable (IUCN)
1990 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Insufficiently Known
1986 – Insufficiently Known (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982 – Insufficiently Known

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
Presence uncertain:
Cambodia; China

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Manouria emys. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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