Yangtze Giant Soft-Shell Turtles

The only known female member of one of the world’s rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China. The animal was one of four Yangtze giant soft-shell turtles known to be remaining in the world.

Some Facts Related to Yangtze giant Turtle

• It is also known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, Shanghai softshell turtle, and Swinhoe’s soft-shell turtle or speckled soft-shell turtle.
• It is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List. It may be the largest living freshwater turtle in the world.

Suzhou zoo where the female turtle lived also houses a male Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle and the other two turtle lives in Vietnam.