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Hawksbill sea turtle
The
hawksbill sea turtle
(
Eretmochelys imbricata
) is a
critically endangered
sea turtle
belonging to the family
Cheloniidae
. It is the only extant
species
in the
genus
Eretmochelys
. The species has a worldwide distribution, with
Atlantic
and
Indo-Pacific
subspecies
—
E. i. imbricata
and
E. i. bissa
, respectively.
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