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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Testudines
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Testudines
Recognized by Afghanistan Species List, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Fiji Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Hungary Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kiribati Species List, Kosovo Species List, Laos Species List, Liberia Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mali Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mongolia Species List, Montenegro Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Qatar Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Samoa Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Somalia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Fairbairn 2013, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, United States Species List, and Global Biotic Interactions
Testudines Batsch 1788

Alternative Names

Agadirichnus Ambroggi & Lapparent 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agrione Khozatsky & Mlynarski 1966
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anapsida
Synonym according to NCBI
Archaeochelydium Kuhn 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Archaeochelys Bergounioux 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Baicalemys Khosatzky 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cataphractae Link 1807
Caudochelys Auffenberg 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chelonites Burmeister 1837
Chelonoolithus Kohring 1998
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cinosternum von Spix 1824
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cymatholcus Clark 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Deurochelys Fuentes 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Emydhipus Fuentes Vidarte, Meijide Calvo, Meijide Fuentes & Meijide Fuentes 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Emydoolithus Wang, Wang, Zhao, Zhang & Jiang 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Enaliochelys Pérez-García 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gelselemys Khosatzky & Mlynarski 1966
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kimurachelys Brinkman 2015
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptochelys Bergounioux & Crouzel 1965
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Limnosaurus Aldrich & Jones 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mesochersus de Broin 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mexichelys Parham & Pyenson 2010
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mlynarskiella Schleich 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Namibchersus de Broin 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oligopherus Hutchison 1996
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Owadowia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paleotestudo de Lapparent de Broin 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pampaemys de la Fuente & Casadio 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pantestudines Joyce, Parham & Gauthier 2004
Paradoxichnium Müller 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Petrochelys
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polysternum Bergounioux 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Potamochelys Bergounioux & Crouzel 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudosphargis Dames 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudotestudo Loveridge & Williams 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pygmaeochelys Laube 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Reptilia
In-part according to NCBI
Rhinoclemys Mc Dowell 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Senonemys Bohn 1966
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Spinemys Khosatzky & Mlynarski 1966
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stenothernus Gray 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tambachichnium Müller 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Testudinata
Synonym according to NCBI
Testudinea Batsch 1796
Testudines Batsch 1788
Authority according to NCBI
Testudines Batsch 1788
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors and EOL authors
Testudines Linnaeus 1758
Testudoflexoolithus Hirsch 1996
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zaisanemys Chkhikvadze 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
reptiles
In-part according to NCBI

Common Names

English

turtle preferred
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Afrikaans

skilpad preferred
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Albanian

Breshka preferred
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Amharic

ኤሊ preferred
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Arabic

سلحفاة preferred
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Armenian

կրիաներ preferred
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Atikamekw

mikinakw preferred
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Azerbaijani

Tısbağalar preferred
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Basque

Dortoka preferred
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Belarusian

чарапахі preferred
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Bengali

কচ্ছপ preferred
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Bosnian

Kornjače preferred
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Breton

Baot preferred
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Bulgarian

костенурки preferred
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Burmese

လိပ် preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Tortuga preferred
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Cebuano

Bao preferred
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Chinese

龟鳖目 preferred
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Chuvash

Тимĕр шапасем preferred
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Crimean Tatar

Qaplı baqa preferred
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Croatian

Kornjače preferred
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Czech

želvy preferred
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Danish

Skildpadde preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

schildpadden preferred
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Esperanto

Testuduloj preferred
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Estonian

Kilpkonnalised preferred
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Faroese

Skjaldbøkur preferred
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Finnish

kilpikonnat preferred
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French

tortue preferred
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Galician

Tartaruga preferred
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Georgian

კუები preferred
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German

Schildkröten preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Χελώνια preferred
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Guarani

Tarekaja preferred
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Gujarati

કાચબો preferred
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Haitian; Haitian Creole

Tòti preferred
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Hausa

Afifiya preferred
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Hebrew

צבים preferred
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Hindi

कछुआ preferred
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Hungarian

teknősök preferred
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Icelandic

Skjaldbaka preferred
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Ido

Tortugo preferred
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Ilocano

Pag-ong preferred
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Indonesian

Kura-kura preferred
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Interlingue; Occidental

Tortuga preferred
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Irish

turtar preferred
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Italian

tartaruga preferred
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Japanese

カメ目 preferred
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カメ preferred
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Javanese

Bulus preferred
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Kabyle

Ifker preferred
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Kannada

ಆಮೆ preferred
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Kara-Kalpak

Tasbaqa preferred
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Kashmiri

کرٕٛم preferred
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Kazakh

Тасбақалар preferred
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Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Таш бакалар preferred
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Korean

거북 preferred
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Kurdish

Kûsî preferred
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Latin

Testudinata preferred
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Latvian

bruņurupuči preferred
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Ligurian

testüze preferred
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Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Sjèldkróddele preferred
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Lingala

Nkóbá preferred
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Lingua Franca Nova

Tortuga preferred
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Lithuanian

Vėžliai skraido preferred
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Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Deckelsmouken preferred
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Macedonian

Желка preferred
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Malagasy

Sokatra preferred
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Malayalam

ആമ preferred
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Marathi

कासव preferred
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Min Dong

Ŭ-gŭi preferred
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Moroccan Arabic

فكرون preferred
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Nahuatl

Āyōtl preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Chʼééh digháhii dóó Tsisteeł preferred
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North Frisian

Skiltpoden preferred
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Norwegian

skilpadder preferred
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skjelpadder preferred
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Occitan (post 1500)

Tartuga preferred
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Oriya

କଇଁଛ preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Уæртджын хæфс preferred
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Persian

لاک‌پشت preferred
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Polish

żółwie preferred
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Portuguese

Tartaruga preferred
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Pushto; Pashto

کيشپ preferred
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Quechua

Qarapara preferred
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Broască-țestoasă preferred
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Russian

черепахи preferred
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Sakha

Таасбаҕалар preferred
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Santali

ᱦᱚᱨᱚ preferred
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Sardinian

Tostoine preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Muir-seilche preferred
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Serbian

корњача preferred
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Shambala

Kornjača preferred
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Sicilian

Tartuca preferred
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Sindhi

ڪڇون preferred
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Sinhalese

ඉබ්බෝ සහ කැස්බෑවෝ preferred
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Slovak

korytnačkotvaré preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Želve preferred
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Sundanese

Kuya preferred
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Swahili

Kobe preferred
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Swedish

sköldpaddor preferred
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Tagalog

Pagong preferred
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Tajik

Сангпушт preferred
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Tamil

ஆமை preferred
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Thai

เต่า preferred
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Tibetan

རུས་སྤལ་ preferred
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Turkish

Kaplumbağa preferred
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Ukrainian

черепахи preferred
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Unspecified

Broascâ preferred
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Ma'ëno preferred
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Schildkröten preferred
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hùldà preferred
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Կրիաներ preferred
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فكرون preferred
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कछुआ preferred
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ᎤᎵᎾᏫ preferred
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ꯊꯦꯡꯒꯨ preferred
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𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐍃 preferred
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Upper Sorbian

Nopawy preferred
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Urdu

کچھوا preferred
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Uzbek

Toshbaqalar preferred
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Vietnamese

Bộ Rùa preferred
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Waray

Ba-ó preferred
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Welsh

crwban preferred
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Wu

preferred
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Yiddish

טשערעפאכע preferred
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Zhuang; Chuang

Duzgvi preferred
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Arz

زحلفه preferred
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Ckb

ڕەقە preferred
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Diq

Kesa preferred
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Eml

Galàna preferred
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En Gb

turtle preferred
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Glk

أولاکۊ preferred
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Hak

Kuî-é preferred
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Lzh

preferred
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Mrj

Черепаха preferred
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Mzn

کوز preferred
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Nan

Ku preferred
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Pnb

کھچوپڑا preferred
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Pt Br

Testudinata preferred
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Roa Tara

Celóne preferred
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Szy

bilanga preferred
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Vro

Padakunn preferred
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Yue

preferred
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Zh Cn

龟鳖目 preferred
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Zh Hans

龟鳖目 preferred
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Zh Hant

龜鱉目 preferred
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Zh Hk

龜鱉目 preferred
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Zh Tw

龜鱉目 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Testudines

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines (this page)
593 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
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