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Asian forest tortoise
Manouria emys from Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand
Conservation status
Asian forest tortoise
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Manouria
Species:
M. emys
Binomial name
Manouria emys
(Schlegel & S. Müller, 1844)
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Testudo emys emys
    • Testudo emys
      Schlegel & S. Müller, 1840
    • Testudo emydoides
      A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
    • Manouria fusca
      Gray, 1854
    • Teleopus luxatus
      LeConte, 1854
    • Manouria emydoides
      — Strauch, 1862
    • Manouria emys
      — Strauch, 1862
    • Manouria luxata
      — Strauch, 1862
    • Testudo (Scapia) falconeri
      Gray, 1869
    • Scapia falconeri
      — Gray, 1870
    • Manuria emys
      — Lydekker, 1889
    • Geochelone emys
      — Loveridge & E. Williams, 1957
    • Manouria emys emys
      — Obst, 1983
    • Geochelone emys emys
      — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
    • Testudo emys emys
      — Paull, 1999
    Testudo emys phayrei
    • Testudo phayrei
      Blyth, 1853
    • Testudo (Scapia) falconeri
      — Gray, 1869
    • Scapia falconeri
      — Gray, 1870
    • Scapia phayrei
      — Gray, 1871
    • Testudo nutapundi
      Reimann, 1979
    • Geochelone nutapundi
      — Groombridge, 1982
    • Manouria emys nutapundi
      — Obst, 1983
    • Manouria emys phayrei
      — Bour, 1984
    • Geochelone (Manouria) emys phayeri
      Alderton, 1988 (ex errore)
    • Geochelone emys nutapundi
      — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
    • Manouria nutapundi
      — Obst, 1996
    • Manouria emys phayeri
      — Paull, 1997
    • Manouria emys phayre
      Das, 2001 (ex errore)
    • Manouria emys phareyi
      Ferri, 2002 (ex errore)

The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), also known commonly as the Mountain tortoise or Burmese Brown Mountain tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies.

  1. ^ Choudhury, B.C.; Cota, M.; McCormack, T.; Platt, K.; Das, I.; Ahmed, M.F.; Timmins, R.J.; Rahman, S.C.; Singh, S. (2019). "Manouria emys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12774A152052098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T12774A152052098.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 288. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.

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