madagascar tortoise
1tortoise — /tawr teuhs/, n. 1. a turtle, esp. a terrestrial turtle. 2. a very slow person or thing. 3. testudo (def. 1). [1350 1400; var. of earlier (15th century) tortuse, tortose, tortuce, ME tortuca < ML tortuca, for LL tartarucha (fem. adj.) of Tartarus …
2Ecoregions of Madagascar — Madagascar island, located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, is the fourth largest island in the world. Its long isolation from neighbouring continents allowed the evolution of distinct communities of plants and animals. It is… …
3Fauna of Madagascar — A good example of malagasy convergent evolution is the fossa, a malagasy carnivore that has evolved in appearance and behaviour to be so like a large cat that it was originally classified in Felidae, when it is in fact more closely related to the …
4Radiated tortoise — Taxobox name = Radiated tortoise status = VU status system = iucn2.3 status ref =IUCN2006|assessors=Tortoise Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group|year=1996|id=9014|title=Geochelone radiata|downloaded=11 May 2006 Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1acd+2cd,… …
5Galápagos tortoise — Conservation status …
6Flat-backed Spider Tortoise — Taxobox name = Flat backed Spider Tortoise status = EN | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines familia = Testudinidae genus = Pyxis species = P. planicauda binomial = Pyxis planicauda… …
7Giant tortoise — Taxobox name = Giant Tortoise image width = 200px image caption = Galápagos Giant Tortoise regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira familia = TestudinidaeGiant tortoises are characteristic… …
8Music of Madagascar — Malagasy musicians playing valiha and acoustic guitar The highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Arabia, England, France and the United States as successive waves of …
9Wildlife of Madagascar — The wildlife of Madagascar includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats. The island has been isolated for about 70 million years. Because of this, a very high proportion of the plants and animals are endemic, occurring nowhere else in… …
10Spider Tortoise — Taxobox name = Spider Tortoise status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines familia = Testudinidae genus = Pyxis species = P. arachnoides binomial = Pyxis arachnoides binomial… …
