The yellow-footed tortoise, also called the Brazilian giant tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae, closely related to the red-footed tortoise. It is found in the Amazon Basin of South America. Its species name has often been misspelled as denticulata, an error introduced in the 1980s when its genus Chelonoidis was elevated and mistakenly treated as feminine; the error was recognized and corrected in 2017. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific NameChelonoidis denticulatus 2 Conservation Status Sources
1. Wikipedia: Yellow-footed tortoise
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
75 in) and the largest known specimen at 94 cm (37 in), this is the sixth-largest tortoise species on Earth, after the Galapagos tortoise, the Aldabra tortoise, the African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata, typical size 76 cm (30 in)), the leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis), and the Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), typical size 60 cm (23.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = VU
View the Source2. Yellow-footed tortoise (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q18867 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
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