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Location:

Children's Trail - bird exhibit with Madagascar crested ibis, near King Vultures

Radiated Tortoise

  • Squirtoise (M) 3/26/2001

  • More adults currently located in future Meerkat exhibit in Predator Passage

  • Hatching on exhibit in Small Wonders building

Identifying Features:

History:

More Information:

  • Shell length up to 16 inches

  • Weighs up to 35 lbs

  • Native to extreme southern and southwestern part of Madagascar

  • Prefer dry regions of brush, thorn forests and woodlands

  • Grazing makes up 80-90% of diet

  • Diet primarily grasses, fruit, and succulent plants

  • IUCN: Critically Endangered

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