Threatened+Animal-+False+Map+Turtle

The False Map turtle or Mississippi Map turtle is found along miscellaneous rivers and bodies of water. This turtle is found commonly as a house pet across the United States. These turtles prefer habitat with strong currents because they are fierce swimmers. The are endangered because of: destruction of nests, captured in gill nets, and collected for pet trade.

http://www.und.edu/org/ndwild/pics/turtle3.GIF

Their main diet consists of insects, mollusks, dead fish, and aquatic plants along the river they inhabit. Mostly found near the Mississippi river.

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 * Care**- http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-falmap.htm


 * Recovery-** http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=C064


 * Homepage-** http://apes1234.wikispaces.com/Homepage+for+APES+project