Classification Challenge

 This is a Sea Turtle.

 Sea turtles are reptiles. They have lungs and breathe air and they are cold-blooded. They eat sea grass, jellyfish and small fishes. Sea turtles have large sturdy shell and they live in almost every ocean basin throughout the world. They nest on tropical and subtropical beaches. They migrate long distance to feed. Sea turtles have been on earth for more than 100 million years. The life cycle of a sea turtle starts when a female lays its eggs on a nesting beach, usually in the tropics. The baby sea turtles emerge from the eggs and scramble towards the water. They never get to interact with their parents.  It is hard to differentiate between male and female sea turtles due to the similarities in size. The way you can identify them is that males have a long tail as this is where the reproductive organs are located.


Kingdom- Animalia (means it's an animal)
Phlyum- Chordata (means it has a backbone)
Class- Reptilia (reptiles)
Order- Testudines
Family-  Cheloniidae

Genus-  Chelonia
Species-  mydas