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Taxon: Genus Testudo Linnaeus, 1758 (reptile)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
Status: extant
   actualia - actual entities
  Status: extant
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
    Status: extant
       naturalia - natural bodies
      Status: extant
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
        Status: extant
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
          Period: Pre-Ediacaran - Present (4567 Ma - present); Status: extant
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
            Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Status: extant
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
              Status: extant
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                Status: extant
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                  Period: Pre-Ediacaran - Present (4567 Ma - present); Status: extant
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                    Status: extant
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                      Status: extant
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                        Status: extant
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                          Status: extant
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                            Status: extant
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                              Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Status: extant
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                Status: extant
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                  Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Status: extant
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                    Status: extant
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                      Status: extant
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                        Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Status: extant
                                           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
                                          Distribution: cosmopolitan (marine, brackish, freshwater & terrestrial); Status: extant
                                             Myopterygii - myopterygians
                                            Status: extant
                                               Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                              Status: extant
                                                 Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
                                                Status: extant
                                                   Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                                                  Status: extant
                                                     Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                    Status: extant
                                                       [crown] Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                      Status: extant
                                                         Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                        Status: extant
                                                           Clade Osteolepidimorpha
                                                          Status: extant
                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
                                                            Distribution: Palearctic/Europe (marine, freshwater & terrestrial); Status: extant
                                                               [crown] Clade Neotetrapoda
                                                              Status: extant
                                                                 Clade Reptiliomorpha Säve-Söderbergh, 1934
                                                                Status: extant
                                                                   Batrachosauria
                                                                  Status: extant
                                                                     [crown] Clade Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
                                                                    Status: extant
                                                                       Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                      Status: extant
                                                                         Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                        Status: extant
                                                                           Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                          Status: extant
                                                                             Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                               [crown] Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                              Status: extant
                                                                                 Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                Status: extant
                                                                                   [crown] Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
                                                                                  Status: extant
                                                                                     Clade Pan-Testudines Joyce, Parham & Gauthier 2004 [Joyce, Parham, Anquetin, Claude, Danilov, Iverson, Kear, Lyson, Rabi & Sterli 2020]
                                                                                    Status: extant
                                                                                       Subclass Testudinata Oppel, 1811 [monotypic] - testudinates
                                                                                      Status: extant
                                                                                         [crown] Order Testudines Wagler, 1830 - turtles
                                                                                        Distribution: Atlantic (marine); Status: extant
                                                                                           Suborder Cryptodira Cope, 1868
                                                                                          Distribution: Palearctic/Mediterranean; Status: extant
                                                                                             Superfamily Testudinoidea Batsch, 1788
                                                                                            Status: extant
                                                                                               Family Testudinidae Batsch, 1788 - tortoises
                                                                                              Distribution: Africa, Europe, Asia, North, Middle & South America; Status: extant
                                                                                                 Genus Testudo Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                Distribution: Europe, Asia; Status: extant
                                                                                                   1.1 Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 - spur-thighed tortoise
                                                                                                  Distribution: Palearctic/Middle East; Status: vulnerable (VU)
                                                                                                   1.2 Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883 - Egyptian tortoise
                                                                                                  Distribution: Palearctic/Middle East; Status: critically endangered (CR)
                                                                                                   1.3 Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1793 - marginated tortoise
                                                                                                  Distribution: Palearctic/southern Europe; Status: least concern (LC)
                                                                                                   2 Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 - Hermann's tortoise
                                                                                                  Distribution: Palearctic/western Europe; Status: near threatened (NT)
                                                                                                   3 Testudo horsfieldii Gray, 1844 - Central Asian tortoise
                                                                                                  Distribution: southern Asia; Status: vulnerable (VU)

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