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musk turtle

Any of several small North and Central American freshwater turtles of the family Kinosternidae and especially the genus Sternotherus, which emit a strong-smelling secretion from musk glands when disturbed.

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musk turtle

(Animals) any of several small turtles of the genus Sternotherus, esp S. odoratus (common musk turtle or stinkpot), that emit a strong unpleasant odour: family Kinosternidae

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musk′ tur`tle

any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Sternotherus, of North America, having a musky odor.

[1865–70, Amer.]

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musk turtle - small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor

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mud turtle - bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America

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Also known as the stinkpot because of the musky odour they secrete when disturbed, musk turtles are a threatened species.

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However, musk turtles lack cloacal bursae and their skin is relatively thick and lacks a well-developed capillary network, according to Heiss.

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Response of common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) to intraspecific chemical cues.

Activity, movements and activity area size in stinkpot turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) in a southwestern Michigan Lake

Kelso, who serves as head archaeologist of the Jamestown Recovery Project, discloses the grim in situ and documentary evidence of those seasons of famine: desperately eaten dogs, cats, horses, musk turtles, rats and poisonous snakes.

William M. Kelso. Jamestown: The Buried Truth

In this study, the number of turtles captured per trap hour in the site that has historically held the densest population of flattened musk turtles compares favorably with a 1997 study and may indicate that the population is increasing in that area, though not to levels found in the 1981 or 1983 studies.

The status of the flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) in selected areas of the Bankhead National Forest and Smith Lake: preliminary results

serpentina), musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus), and painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) were certainly present in the lagoons by Miller, now in northeast Gary, in the early part of this century, because they are documented by museum specimens.

Amphibians and reptiles of the Grand Calumet River basin

Werle found two Sternotherus odoratus, or musk turtles, ("They're not rare but they're cool"), a lot of Elliptio complanata mussels (which are very common), a swimming garter snake and a few milk bottles from the 1940s.

Mussel moved to allow for park; Rare animal is relocated

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