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Turtle is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 23, 2022.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 12, 2021	Good article nominee	Listed
August 9, 2021	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 25, 2021	Peer review	Reviewed
October 28, 2021	Featured article candidate	Promoted
Current status: Featured article

This level-4 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Amphibians and Reptiles Top‑importance

	Turtle is part of WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, an effort to make Wikipedia a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource for amphibians and reptiles. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.Amphibians and ReptilesWikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and ReptilesTemplate:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptilesamphibian and reptile articles
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Turtles Top‑importance

Turtle is part of WikiProject Turtles, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use turtle resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.TurtlesWikipedia:WikiProject TurtlesTemplate:WikiProject Turtlesturtle articles

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Interested in helping WikiProject Turtles? See the project discussion or the to-do below:

Get involved with WikiProject Turtles discussion.

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Copyedit : Green sea turtle!
Expand : Emydidae, Tortoise, Spotted turtle, Glyptemys
Photo : Find a photo of turtle articles needing a photo
Stubs : Expand a stub article.
Update : Emydidae, Tortoise
Other : * Out of date turtle articles abound, mainly taxonomy issues, get a list here and scroll down for articles. Taxonomy information is available in WikiProject Turtles resources.
- {{Extinct turtles}} and fossil forms of both living and extinct turtles requires attention:many extinct articles require either expansion or creation and sources seems hard to come by. A list of fossil forms is being compiled so progress can be charted.
- Patrol: recent changes to turtle articles and check for improvements or errors.

Tree of Life Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tree of Life, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of taxonomy and the phylogenetic tree of life on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Tree of LifeWikipedia:WikiProject Tree of LifeTemplate:WikiProject Tree of Lifetaxonomic articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Section sizes

Section size for Turtle (38 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,898	3,898
Naming and etymology	2,418	2,418
Anatomy and physiology	84	34,072
Size	1,931	1,931
Shell	6,479	6,479
Head and neck	3,657	3,657
Limbs and locomotion	3,370	3,370
Senses	5,350	5,350
Breathing	5,616	5,616
Circulation	3,120	3,120
Osmoregulation	2,194	2,194
Thermoregulation	2,271	2,271
Behavior	15	13,105
Diet and feeding	3,179	3,179
Communication and intelligence	5,765	5,765
Defense	815	815
Migration	3,331	3,331
Reproduction and life cycle	1,763	10,369
Courtship and mounting	3,070	3,070
Eggs and hatchlings	3,888	3,888
Lifespan	1,648	1,648
Systematics and evolution	95	28,709
Fossil history	7,396	7,396
External relationships	8,390	8,390
Internal relationships	8,047	8,047
Differences between the two suborders	4,781	4,781
Distribution and habitat	4,730	4,730
Conservation	12,290	12,290
Human uses	16	17,902
On space flights	1,062	1,062
In culture	10,265	10,265
As pets	1,404	1,404
As food and other uses	5,155	5,155
See also	37	37
References	15	569
Citations	36	36
Cited sources	518	518
External links	669	669
Total	128,768	128,768

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