Species of turtle
Mesoclemmys nasuta
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Testudines
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Suborder:
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Pleurodira
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Family:
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Chelidae
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Genus:
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Mesoclemmys
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Species:
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M. nasuta
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Binomial name
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Mesoclemmys nasuta
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Synonyms[2][3]
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- Emys nasuta Schweigger, 1812
- Emys barbatula Gravenhorst, 1829
- Rhinemys nasuta Wagler, 1830
- Emys nasua Gray, 1831 (ex errore)
- Hydraspis barbatula Gray, 1831
- Platemys schweiggerii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Hydraspis (Rhinemys) nasuta Bonaparte, 1836
- Platemys nasuta Strauch, 1862
- Hydraspis maculata Gray, 1873
- Platemys schweiggeri Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore)
- Phrynops walbaumi Fitzinger, 1904 (nomen nudum)
- Batrachemys nasuta Stejneger, 1909
- Phrynops (Batrachemys) nasuta Zangerl & Medem, 1958
- Phrynops nasutus Mertens, 1970
- Phrynops nasatus Bour, 1973 (ex errore)
- Phrynops nasutus nasutus Bour, 1973
- Hydraspis macula Lescure & Fretey, 1975 (ex errore)
- Phrynops nasuta nasuta Pritchard, 1979
- Batrachemys nasutus Anan'eva, 1988
- Mesoclemmys nasuta Bour & Zaher, 2005
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Mesoclemmys nasuta is a species of turtle that lives in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the Guyanas (north-eastern South America).[2][4]
A study found that this durophagous species (feeding on hard-shelled animals) had the highest bite force out of 28 species measured, at 432 N (97 lbf).[5]