Testudo

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle”). === Proper noun === Testudo f A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – tortoises found in southern Europe, north Africa, and western Asia. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata – subclass; Testudines – order; Cryptodira – suborder; Testudinoidea – superfamily; Testudinidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Testudo graeca - type species; for other species see Testudo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === Testudo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Testudo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Testudo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Testudo at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Testudo at National Center for Biotechnology Information Testudinidae at Animal Diversity Web Testudo at AnimalBase “Testudo”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026