小麝香龜屬（Sternotherus）是動胸龜科下的一種龜，原産於北美洲，該屬的動物與動胸龜屬極為相似。[2] 該屬最常見的種是密西西比麝香龜。
習性
小麝香龜屬的龜都是肉食動物，對水極度依賴，但也會在岸邊倒下的樹或木質殘體上曬太陽。[2]
下属物种
本属包括以下物种：
- Sternotherus bonevalleyensis Bourque & Schubert, 2015
- Sternotherus bottegi Boulenger, 1895
- 剃刀麝香龜 Sternotherus carinatus (Gray, 1856)
- 平背麝香龜 Sternotherus depressus Tinkle & Webb, 1955
- Sternotherus intermedius (Scott, Glenn & Rissler, 2017)[3]
- 巨頭麝香龜 Sternotherus minor (Agassiz, 1857)
- 密西西比麝香龜 Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802)
- Sternotherus palaeodorus Bourque & Schubert, 2015
- Sternotherus peltifer (Smith & Glass, 1947)
參考文獻
- ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 Ernst, C.H., R.W. Barbour, and J.E. Lovich. 1994. Turtles of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. p. 137.
- ^ Peter A.Scott, Travis C.Glenn and Leslie J.Rissler. 2018. Resolving Taxonomic Turbulence and Uncovering Cryptic Diversity in the Musk Turtles (Sternotherus) Using Robust Demographic Modeling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 120; 1-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.008
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