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Tortoises (/ˈtɔːr.təs.ɪz/) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a...47 KB (4,582 words) - 16:20, 5 June 2024
c. 1832) is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea). His approximate...12 KB (997 words) - 21:00, 21 June 2024
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains...131 KB (14,307 words) - 07:44, 13 June 2024
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States...61 KB (6,728 words) - 01:33, 17 June 2024
The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge...21 KB (2,366 words) - 23:07, 31 May 2024
tortoise, Horsfield's tortoise, the Russian steppe tortoise, the Soviet Tortoise, and the steppe tortoise, is a threatened species of tortoise in the...19 KB (1,656 words) - 03:22, 9 June 2024
"The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted...21 KB (2,421 words) - 16:03, 9 June 2024
The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the Seychelles, with...25 KB (2,633 words) - 15:52, 14 May 2024- Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, as well as two extant species with...34 KB (3,410 words) - 02:39, 5 June 2024
The Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca), also known commonly as the spur-thighed tortoise or Moorish tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae...20 KB (1,508 words) - 10:00, 20 June 2024
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of...52 KB (6,239 words) - 21:40, 14 May 2024
The Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, Abingdon Island tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant tortoise...26 KB (2,542 words) - 12:23, 11 June 2024
Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger, specifically a western Santa Cruz tortoise C. n. porteri) who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her...13 KB (1,413 words) - 19:09, 8 June 2024
The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is usually depicted as a tortoise intertwined with a snake. The pictogram...12 KB (1,237 words) - 13:15, 18 March 2024
The marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Greece, Italy, and the Balkans...24 KB (2,368 words) - 10:35, 23 June 2024
The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is a critically endangered tortoise species, native to the dry, deciduous forests of Myanmar (Burma)...5 KB (391 words) - 12:30, 29 April 2024- Look up tortoise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tortoise is a land-dwelling reptile, protected by a shell, of the order Testudines. Tortoise may also...1 KB (209 words) - 03:03, 23 October 2022
me of the heathen, who, being asked on what the world stood, replied, "On a tortoise." But on what does the tortoise stand? "On another tortoise." With...23 KB (3,040 words) - 10:57, 13 June 2024
tortoise (Testudo hermanni) is a species of tortoise native to Europe. The specific epithet, hermanni, honors French naturalist Johann Hermann. The subspecific...23 KB (2,389 words) - 22:04, 5 May 2024- Achilles and the Tortoise)swift runner like Achilles cannot overtake a slower moving tortoise with a head start, because the distance between them can be infinitely subdivided, implying...44 KB (4,788 words) - 15:21, 25 June 2024
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- Tortoise. English-language translations of Χελώνη και λαγωός (The Hare and the Tortoise) by Aesop 81795Χελώνη και λαγωός (The Hare and the Tortoise)Aesop
- The Tortoise and the Hare may refer to: The Tortoise and the Hare, fable by Aesop The Tortoise and the Hare, 1935 short film The Tortoise and the Hare
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