Manouria
| Manouria | |
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Manouria emys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Manouria Gray, 1854 |
Manouria is a
Testudinidae. The genus was erected by John Edward Gray
in 1854.
Species
The following five species are recognized as being valid, two of which are extant,[1] and three of which are extinct:
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Asian forest tortoise | , 1844) | Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
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impressed tortoise | Manouria impressa (Günther , 1882) |
Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Northeast India. |
- †Luzon Island, Philippines[2][3] however, Rhodin et al. (2015) transferred this species to the genus Megalochelys.[4]
- †Manouria punjabiensis (Lydekker, 1889) – a fossil tortoise from Siwaliks, India[4]
- †Manouria oyamai Takahashi, Otsuka & Hirayama , 2003 – a fossil tortoise from Ryukyu Islands, Japan[4]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Manouria.
References
- ^ "Manouria". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Karl, Hans-Volker; Staesche, Ulrich (2007). "Fossile Riesen-Landschildkröten von den Philippinen und ihre paläogeographische Bedeutung [= Fossil Giant Land Tortoises from the Philippines and their paleogeographic importance]". Geologischesahrbuch A 160: 171–197. (Manouria sondaari, new species). (in German with abstract in English).
- (in German).
- ^ .
Further reading
- Gray, J. E. (1854). "Description of a New Genus and some New Species of Tortoises". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1852: 133–135. (Manouria, new genus, p. 133).