Leopard Tortoise
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Geochelone pardalis

The Spanish translation for Tortoise is Tortuga

Home:  The semi-arid, thorny and grassland habitats of Saharan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Angola and many parts of Africa

Food:  Grasses, fruit, prickly pear pads

Size:  Approximately 2 feet long
            Approximately 80 pounds

Leopard Tortoise Trivia:

• The Leopard Tortoise grows very rapidly.
  
  
• This type of Tortoise requires water nearby, where it can soak regularly.

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Our Meet the Animals section includes research from the following websites:

The Austin Zoo's website:  www.austinzoo.org.

Spanish translations courtesy of the Austin Zoo.

Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center http://www.rhrwildlife.com/animbot.htm

The Birmingham Zoo  http://www.birminghamzoo.com/

The WWW Virtual Library: Zoos  http://zoonet.home.mindspring.com/www_virtual_lib/zoos.html

Photographs in Our Meet the Animals Section from PrintMaster Platinum v8.0 software.

Research on farm animals came primarily from  http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

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