南美象龟属Chelonoidis)是陆龟科下的一个[1][2]该书的龟发现于加拉帕戈斯群岛南美洲各地。以前被认为是象龟属Geochelone)的成员,但最近的基因证据显示其血缘关系与折背龟属更接近。[3]它们的祖先在渐新世穿过大西洋来到美洲,[3]这可能要归功于它们可以把头露出水面漂浮并可以六个月不吃不喝的能力。[3]

南美象龟属
黄腿象龟
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 龟鳖目 Testudines
亚目: 曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
科: 陆龟科 Testudinidae
属: 南美象龟属 Chelonoidis
Fitzgerald, 1835[1][2]
异名
  • Darwintestudo Antenbrink-Vetter & Vetter, 1998
  • Elephantopus Gray, 1874
  • Gopher Gray, 1870
  • Pampatestudo Lindholm, 1929

其下的加拉帕戈斯象龟是世界上现存最大的陆龟,这些大型龟类在更新世时就已近在南北大陆上繁衍了。[4]

下属物种

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本属包括以下物种:[1][2]

参考文献

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