Yellow-footed tortoise

Species of tortoise
Taxon taxon Q18867
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Summary

Yellow-footed tortoise is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,209 views/month, #1,534 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Chelonoidis[5]
  • Taxon name: Chelonoidis denticulatus[6]
  • Commons category: Chelonoidis denticulatus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chelonoidis denticulatus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Chelonoidis denticulatus[9]
  • Original combination: Testudo denticulata[10]
  • Short name: C. denticulata[11]
  • Taxon common name: Morrocoy[12], Motelo[13], Tortue De L'Amérique Du Sud[14], Tortue Dentelée[15], Tortue Denticulée[16], Brazilian Giant Tortoise[17], Forest Tortoise[18], South American Tortoise[19], South American Yellow-footed Tortoise[20], Yellow-footed Tortoise[21]
  • Taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1766)[22]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[23], Venezuela[24], Marabá[25]

Body

Identifiers

Yellow-footed tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 539451[26]. Yellow-footed tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 101697[27]. Yellow-footed tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52231905[28]. Yellow-footed tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220281[29]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 551776[30] and 949446[31].

Why It Matters

Yellow-footed tortoise has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3h ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 551776, 949446
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of life id → TVL9
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  3. 7w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Taxon range → Brazil, Venezuela, Marabá
    Parent taxon → Chelonoidis
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon name: Chelonoidis denticulatus"
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