#tortoise usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
supertype: turtle any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
member of: family_Testudinidae
subtype: European_tortoise__Testudo_graeca small land tortoise of southern Europe
subtype: giant_tortoise__gianttortoise very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
subtype: gopher_tortoise__gopher_turtle__gopher__Gopherus_polypemus burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
subtype: desert_tortoise__Gopherus_agassizii burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
subtype: Texas_tortoise close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
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