Aldabra giant tortoise

Summary

Aldabra giant tortoise is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (895 views/month, #1,010 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Aldabra giant tortoise's image is recorded as Curieuse Island asv2024-10 img35.jpg^[3].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's parent taxon is recorded as Aldabrachelys^[6].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's taxon name is recorded as Aldabrachelys gigantea^[7].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Aldabrachelys gigantea^[8].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051bp5^[9].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 167804^[10].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 936901^[11].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52231890^[12].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 24948^[13].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 365357^[14].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7696021^[15].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's Commons gallery is recorded as Dipsochelys dussumieri^[16].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as grass^[17].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as leaf^[18].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as trunk^[19].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as banana^[20].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as apple^[21].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as fruit^[22].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as carrion^[23].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's main food source is recorded as invertebrate^[24].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's original combination is recorded as Testudo gigantea^[25].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Aldabra-giant-tortoise^[26].
• Aldabra giant tortoise's taxon synonym is recorded as Dipsochelys dussumieri^[27].

Why It Matters

Aldabra giant tortoise ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (895 views/month, #1,010 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]