Karoo cape tortoise

Summary

Karoo cape tortoise is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Karoo cape tortoise's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Karoo cape tortoise is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Karoo cape tortoise's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• Karoo cape tortoise is classified within Homopus^[6].
• Karoo cape tortoise is endemic to South Africa^[7].
• Karoo cape tortoise's scientific name is Homopus femoralis^[8].
• Karoo cape tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Homopus femoralis^[9].
• Karoo cape tortoise's short name is recorded as H. femoralis^[10].
• Karoo cape tortoise's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[11].
• Karoo cape tortoise's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[12].

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Classification

Karoo cape tortoise's scientific name is Homopus femoralis^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Homopus^[6].

Distribution

Karoo cape tortoise is endemic to South Africa^[7].

Identifiers

Karoo cape tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40074^[13]. Karoo cape tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 285998^[14]. Karoo cape tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 793251^[15]. Karoo cape tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220253^[16]. Karoo cape tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551786^[17].

Why It Matters

Karoo cape tortoise ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]