Malaysian giant turtle

Summary

Malaysian giant turtle is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Malaysian giant turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Malaysian giant turtle is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Malaysian giant turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered^[5].
• Malaysian giant turtle belongs to the parent taxon Orlitia^[6].
• Malaysian giant turtle is endemic to Malaysia^[7].
• Malaysian giant turtle is endemic to Sumatra^[8].
• Malaysian giant turtle is endemic to Borneo^[9].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Malaysian giant turtle is Orlitia borneensis^[10].
• Malaysian giant turtle's Commons category is recorded as Orlitia borneensis^[11].
• Malaysian giant turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. borneensis'}^[12].
• Malaysian giant turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malaysian giant turtle'}^[13].
• Malaysian giant turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bornean River Turtle'}^[14].
• Malaysian giant turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malaysian Giant Turtle'}^[15].
• Malaysian giant turtle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[16].
• Malaysian giant turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[17].
• Malaysian giant turtle's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}^[18].

Body

Classification

Malaysian giant turtle's scientific name is Orlitia borneensis^[10]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Orlitia^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[13] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bornean River Turtle'}^[14].

Distribution

Recorded endemic to include Malaysia^[7], Sumatra^[8], and Borneo^[9].

Identifiers

Malaysian giant turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39947^[19]. Malaysian giant turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 74930^[20]. Malaysian giant turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1055718^[21]. Malaysian giant turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2443466^[22]. Malaysian giant turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551938^[23].

Why It Matters

Malaysian giant turtle ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]