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Testudininae  Batsch, 1788
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1233079

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Batsch, 1788  
                                  FamilyTestudinidae Batsch, 1788 – Tortoises  
                                     SubfamilyTestudininae Batsch, 1788  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Genus Aldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams, 1957  
                                        Genus Astrochelys Gray, 1873  
                                        Genus Centrochelys Gray, 1872  
                                        Genus Chelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835  
                                        Genus Chersina Gray, 1830 – Bow-sprited Tortoises 
                                        Genus Chersobius Fitzinger, 1835  
                                        Genus Cylindraspis Fitzinger, 1835  
                                        Genus Geochelone Fitzinger, 1835 – geoclelone tortoises, Geochelone Tortoises, typical tortoises 
                                        Genus Homopus Duméril and Bibron, 1834 – Cape Tortoises 
                                        Genus Indotestudo Lindholm, 1929 – Asian Tortoises 
                                        Genus Kinixys Bell, 1827 – Hinge-back Tortoises 
                                        Genus Malacochersus Lindholm, 1929 – Pancake Tortoises 
                                        Genus Psammobates Fitzinger, 1835 – South African Star Tortoises 
                                        Genus Pyxis Bell, 1827 – Spider Tortoises 
                                        Genus Stigmochelys Gray, 1873  
                                        Genus Testudo Linnaeus, 1758 – Palearctic Tortoises 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Testudininae   
       

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