pancake tortoise

Summary

pancake tortoise is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• pancake tortoise's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• pancake tortoise is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• pancake tortoise's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered^[5].
• pancake tortoise belongs to the parent taxon Malacochersus^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, pancake tortoise is Malacochersus tornieri^[7].
• pancake tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Malacochersus tornieri^[8].
• pancake tortoise's Commons gallery is recorded as Malacochersus tornieri^[9].
• pancake tortoise's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. tornieri'}^[10].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pancake tortoise'}^[11].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tortuga De Cuña'}^[12].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortue À Carapace Souple'}^[13].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortue De Tornier'}^[14].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crevice Tortoise'}^[15].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pancake Tortoise'}^[16].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Softshell Tortoise'}^[17].
• pancake tortoise is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Tornier's Tortoise"}^[18].
• pancake tortoise's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES^[19].
• pancake tortoise's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[20].
• pancake tortoise's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality^[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, pancake tortoise is Malacochersus tornieri^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Malacochersus^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pancake tortoise'}^[11], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tortuga De Cuña'}^[12], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortue À Carapace Souple'}^[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortue De Tornier'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crevice Tortoise'}^[15], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Softshell Tortoise'}^[17].

Identifiers

pancake tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40063^[22]. pancake tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 286009^[23]. pancake tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1055886^[24]. pancake tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441842^[25]. pancake tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551812^[26].

Why It Matters

pancake tortoise ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]