Manouria is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae. The genus was erected by John Edward Gray in 1854.
Manouria | |
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Manouria emys | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Testudinidae |
Genus: | Manouria Gray, 1854 |
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 | Manouria emys (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1844) | Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. | |
impressed tortoise | Manouria impressa (Günther, 1882) | Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Northeast India. |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Manouria.