Aldabra giant tortoise
Aldabrachelys gigantea / Aldabra giant tortoise
- Habitat
- Grasslands and scrublands
- Continent
- Afrika
- Food
- Grasses, shoots, foliage, fruits
- Gestation/breeding period
- 85 - 160 days
- Mode of life
- Solitary
- Class
- Reptiles
- Order
- Schildkröten
Did you know that?
~ 1,20 m
tank length
~ 200 kg
weight
~ 150 years
age
How endangered are Aldabra giant tortoises?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
-
Vulnerable Vulnerable - Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
By the way
Aldabra giant tortoises already lived at the time of the dinosaurs more than 150 million years ago.
Aldabra giant tortoise at the zoo tour
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