| Sternotherus odoratus
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| In Ontario
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Testudines
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| Suborder:
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Cryptodira
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| Family:
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Kinosternidae
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| Genus:
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Sternotherus
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| Species:
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S. odoratus
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| Binomial name
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Sternotherus odoratus
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| Synonyms
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- Testudo odorata
Latreille, 1801
- Testudo glutinata
Daudin, 1801
- Emys odorata
— Schweigger, 1812
- Emys glutinata
— Merrem, 1820
- Terrapene boscii
Merrem, 1820
- Terrapene odorata
— Merrem, 1820
- Cistuda odorata
— Say, 1825
- Sternotherus odorata
— Gray, 1825
- Sternothaerus boscii
— Bell, 1825
- Sternothaerus odoratus
— Bell, 1825
- Clemmys glutinata
— Ritgen, 1828
- Kinosternum odoratum
— Bonaparte, 1830
- Emys (Kinosternon) odoratum
— Gray, 1831
- Kinosternon odoratum
— Gray, 1831
- Didicla odorata
— Rafinesque, 1832
- Staurotypus odoratus
— A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Clemmys (Sternothaerus) odorata
— Fitzinger, 1835
- Cistudo odorata
— LeConte, 1854
- Kinosternum guttatum
LeConte, 1854
- Sternotherus odoratus
— LeConte, 1854
- Aromochelys odorata
— Gray, 1856
- Aromochelys odoratum
— Gray, 1856
- Cinosternum odoratum
— Agassiz, 1857
- Emys glutinosa
Agassiz, 1857
- Ozotheca odorata
— Agassiz, 1857
- Ozotheca tristycha
Agassiz, 1857
- Cinosternum guttatum
— Agassiz, 1857
- Testudo glutinosa
— Agassiz, 1857
- Aromochelys guttata
— Strauch, 1862
- Aromochelys tristycha
— Strauch, 1862
- Ozothea odorata
— Velasco, 1892
- Sternothoerus odoratus
— A.E. Brown, 1908
- Sternotherus oderatus [sic]
Dadd, 1974 (ex errore)
- Clemmys (Sternothaerus) odoratus
— H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1980
- Kinosternon (Sternothaerus) odoratus
— H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1980
- Armochelys odoratum
— Zug, 1986
- Sternotherus odouratus [sic]
Herrel, 2002 (ex errore)
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Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle in the family Kinosternidae. The species is native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known commonly as the common musk turtle, eastern musk turtle, or stinkpot turtle due to its ability to release a foul musky odor from scent glands on the edge of its shell, possibly to deter predation. This turtle is grouped in the same family as mud turtles.