The Malayan Snail-Eating Turtle
"Malaymeys subtrljuga"
Kingdom| Phylum| Class| Order| Family| Genus and Specias
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Kingdom-Animalia
Characteristics that place here are........
hetertroph
multicellular
most ingests food and digests it in a internal cavity.
most animals are made up of cells organized into tissues.
about 9 or 10 million species of animals inhabit the earth
animals range in size from no more than a few cells to organisms weigh many tons.
Phylum- Chordata
Characteristics that place it here are......
bilateral symaetry
ventral heart
with dorsal and ventral blood vessels
closed blood system
complete digestive system
bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton
usually present
single cell
Class- Reptilia
Characteristics that place it here are.....
The elements of the shell are present, only in greater numbers than exist in current species.
Reptilia is another name for reptiles
Reptiles means any of the various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia.
Order- Testudines
Characteristics that place it here are.....
All turtles are placed within the order Testudines or Chelonia.
Testudines is from the word testa the shell of shellfish, or of testaceous animals
Testaceous means having a hard shell or shell-like outer covering
It also means composed of a shell or shell-like material
Family-Emydidae
Some Characteristics that are placed are....
The turtles live in the turtle family.
Mostly they eat snails that's why they are mamed the snail eating turtle.
Genus and Species -Malaymeys subtrljuga
Characteristics that place it here are.....
They are also have another named called Malaymeys subtrljuga.
This name can be used in other countries.
Their shells set them apart from all other animals
They are different from all other turtles.
They eat mostly snails.
But they can eat other aniamls in the water
They are really not that big.
They are smaller than tortises.
They are really cute.
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TINY USUAL RADICAL TERRIFIC LOVING EXTRAORDINARY SLIMY
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1995. University of Michigan Museum of zoology. 11 Feb 2004. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html>.
"Malayan snail-eating turtle." 2004. 11 Feb 2004. <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=The+Malayan+snail-eating+turtle>.