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Typical Tortoises

Geochelone

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Geochelone
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Geochelone
Recognized by Arkive
Geochelone
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Chad Species List, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Germany Species List, Guyana Species List, India Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mauritania Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Niger Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Uganda Species List, Venezuela Species List, Argentina Species List, wikipedia EU, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia LT, wikipedia MS, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, CITES, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Geochelone
Recognized by SI Wild, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, ReptileDB, and Furui 2020
Geochelone Fitzinger 1835
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

? schucherti Hay, 1899
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Testudinidae)
Geochelone
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Hone et al 2013, Wildfinder (WWF), GBIF national node type records UK, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Flickr BHL, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

Galapagos giant tortoise
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Recognized by Arkive
Typical Tortoises preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Star Tortoises
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Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

سلاحف نموذجية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

същински сухоземни костенурки preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

象龜屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
象龟 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Jättiläiskilpikonnat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Tortues étoilées
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Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Hebrew

צב כוכבי preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Japanese

リクガメ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020
ホシガメ属
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Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Persian

لاک‌پشت ستاره‌دار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Сухопутные черепахи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Thai

เต่าดาว preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Звичайні сухопутні черепахи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سلاحف نموذجيه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

象龜屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
星龟属
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Zh Hans

象龟屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

象龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

象龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

象龜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Geochelone

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinidae
Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795)
Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863)
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835
Chersina
Chersobius Fitzinger 1835
Gopherus Rafinesque 1832
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudo

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinoidea
Testudinidae
Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795)
Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863)
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis
Chersina
Chersobius
Gopherus
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudo

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795)
Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863)
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835
Chersina
Chersobius Fitzinger 1835
Gopherus Rafinesque 1832
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudo

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795)
Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863)
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835
Chersina
Chersobius Fitzinger 1835
Gopherus Rafinesque 1832
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudo

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Geochelone Fitzinger 1835 (this page)
Geochelone arenivaga (Hay 1907)
Geochelone costaricensis (Segura 1944)
Geochelone crassa (Andrews 1914)
Geochelone dehiscus (Des Lauriers 1965)
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795)
Geochelone gringorum (Simpson 1942)
Geochelone hayi (Sellards 1916)
Geochelone hesterna (Auffenberg 1971)
Geochelone longus Clark 1932
Geochelone namaquensis (Stromer 1926)
Geochelone nordensis Holman 1973
Geochelone oskarkuhni Khosatzky & Mlynarski 1971
Geochelone phantasticus
Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863)
Geochelone primaeva (Oelrich 1950)
Geochelone rexroadensis (Oelrich 1952)
Geochelone schucherti (Hay 1899)
Geochelone stromeri Meylan & Auffenberg 1986
Geochelone tedwhitei (Williams 1953)
Geochelone williamsi (Auffenberg 1964)
Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams 1957
Anhuichelys Yeh 1979
Astrochelys Gray 1873
Cachuga Gray 1855
Centrochelys Gray 1872
Cheirogaster Bergounioux 1935
Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835
Chersina Gray 1830
Chersine Merrem 1820
Cylindraspis Fitzinger 1835
Ergilemys Chkhikvadze 1972
Floridemys Williams 1950
Fontainechelon Pérez-García, Ortega & Jiménez-Fuentes 2016
Gigantochersina Chkhikvadze 1989
Gopherus Rafinesque 1832
Hadrianus Cope 1872
Hesperotestudo alleni
Hesperotestudo mlynarskii
Homopus Duméril & Bibron 1834
Impregnochelys Meylan & Auffenberg 1986
Indotestudo Lindholm 1929
Juvemys Hervet 2003
Kansuchelys Yeh 1963
Kinixys Bell 1827
Malacochersus Lindholm 1929
Manouria Gray 1854
Miotestudo Deraniyagala 1967
Palaeoemys Schleich 1994
Pelorochelon Pérez-García, Ortega & Jiménez-Fuentes 2016
Psammobates Fitzinger 1835
Pyxis Bell 1827
Sinohadrianus Ping 1929
Stigmochelys Gray 1873
Stylemys Leidy 1851
Taraschelon Pérez-García 2015
Testudo Linnaeus 1758
Titanochelon Pérez-García & Vlachos 2014

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone elegans
Geochelone platynota
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis
Chersina
Chersobius
Cylindraspis
Gopherus
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudo

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Testudines Batsch 1788
Cryptodira Cope 1868
Testudinoidea Fitzinger 1826
Testudinidae Batsch 1788
Geochelone Fitzinger 1835 (this page)
Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795)
Geochelone platynota (Blyth 1863)
Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams 1957
Astrochelys Gray 1873
Centrochelys Gray 1872
Chelonoidis Fitzinger 1835
Chersina Gray 1830
Cylindraspis Fitzinger 1835
Gopherus Rafinesque 1832
Homopus Duméril & Bibron 1834
Indotestudo Lindholm 1929
Kinixys Bell 1827
Malacochersus Lindholm 1929
Manouria Gray 1854
Psammobates Fitzinger 1835
Pyxis Bell 1827
Stigmochelys Gray 1873
Testudo Linnaeus 1758

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Testudines
Cryptodira
Durocryptodira
Testudinoidea
Testudinidae
Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone elegans
Geochelone platynota
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis
Chersina
Chersobius
Cylindraspis
Dipsochelys
Gopherus
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudo

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Testudinidae
Geochelone (this page)
Geochelone atlas
Geochelone carbonaria
Geochelone elegans
Geochelone gigantea
Geochelone gymnesica
Geochelone nigra
Geochelone platynota
Geochelone radiata
Geochelone sulcata
Aldabrachelys
Astrochelys
Centrochelys
Chelonoidis
Chersina
Chersobius
Colossochelys
Dipsochelys
Dithyrosternon
Eurotestudo
Gopherus
Hesperotestudo
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria
Megalochelys
Psammobates
Pyxis
Stigmochelys
Testudininae
Testudo
Titanochelon
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