Asian forest tortoise

Asian forest tortoise
Manouria emys from Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Manouria
Species:	M. emys
Binomial name
Manouria emys (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1844)
Synonyms[2]
List Testudo emys emys Testudo emys Schlegel & S. Müller, 1840 Testudo emydoides A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 Manouria fusca Gray, 1854 Teleopus luxatus LeConte, 1854 Manouria emydoides — Strauch, 1862 Manouria emys — Strauch, 1862 Manouria luxata — Strauch, 1862 Testudo (Scapia) falconeri Gray, 1869 Scapia falconeri — Gray, 1870 Manuria emys — Lydekker, 1889 Geochelone emys — Loveridge & E. Williams, 1957 Manouria emys emys — Obst, 1983 Geochelone emys emys — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 Testudo emys emys — Paull, 1999 Testudo emys phayrei Testudo phayrei Blyth, 1853 Testudo (Scapia) falconeri — Gray, 1869 Scapia falconeri — Gray, 1870 Scapia phayrei — Gray, 1871 Testudo nutapundi Reimann, 1979 Geochelone nutapundi — Groombridge, 1982 Manouria emys nutapundi — Obst, 1983 Manouria emys phayrei — Bour, 1984 Geochelone (Manouria) emys phayeri Alderton, 1988 (ex errore) Geochelone emys nutapundi — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 Manouria nutapundi — Obst, 1996 Manouria emys phayeri — Paull, 1997 Manouria emys phayre Das, 2001 (ex errore) Manouria emys phareyi Ferri, 2002 (ex errore)

The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), also known commonly as the Mountain tortoise or Burmese Brown Mountain tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies.