African spurred tortoise

Summary

African spurred tortoise is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,941 views/month, #1,374 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• African spurred tortoise's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• African spurred tortoise is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• African spurred tortoise's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status^[5].
• African spurred tortoise belongs to the parent taxon Centrochelys^[6].
• African spurred tortoise is endemic to Sahara^[7].
• African spurred tortoise is endemic to Sahel^[8].
• Under binomial nomenclature, African spurred tortoise is Centrochelys sulcata^[9].
• African spurred tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Centrochelys sulcata^[10].
• African spurred tortoise's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Centrochelys sulcata^[11].
• African spurred tortoise's Commons gallery is recorded as Geochelone sulcata^[12].
• African spurred tortoise's original combination is recorded as Testudo sulcata^[13].
• African spurred tortoise's taxon synonym is recorded as Geochelone sulcata^[14].
• African spurred tortoise's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. sulcata'}^[15].
• African spurred tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African spurred tortoise'}^[16].
• African spurred tortoise's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[17].
• African spurred tortoise's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality^[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, African spurred tortoise is Centrochelys sulcata^[9]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Centrochelys^[6]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[16].

Distribution

Recorded endemic to include Sahara^[7] and Sahel^[8].

Identifiers

African spurred tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40089^[19]. African spurred tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 101698^[20]. African spurred tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441533^[21]. African spurred tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 949761^[22].

Why It Matters

African spurred tortoise ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,941 views/month, #1,374 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]