{"id":755848,"date":"2021-07-19T16:31:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/tortue-geographique\/"},"modified":"2023-01-22T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T17:36:38","slug":"common-map-turtle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/en\/common-map-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Map Turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-662242495\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Common Map Turtle          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n       <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2099886473\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner-grid-wrapper\">\n  <div id=\"banner-grid-623829908\" class=\"banner-grid row row-grid row-small\" data-packery-options=\"\">\n                      \n\n<div class=\"col grid-col small-13 large-8 grid-col-2-3\" ><div class=\"col-inner\">\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1848042411\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563-1280x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/tortue-geo-splash-fr-1575911563.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1020px; 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These resemble the contour lines of topographic maps, used to represent\u00a0 the shapes of a land and its details.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2093857301 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-173697452 {\n  width: 82%;\n}\n#text-box-173697452 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1736577150 {\n  padding-top: 500px;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col grid-col small-12 large-8 grid-col-1-2\" ><div class=\"col-inner\">\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1685744416\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/telechargement-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/180;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1685744416 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover hide-for-small x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1400064648\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.eco-odyssee.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/telechargement-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/180;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1400064648 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n    <style>\n    #banner-grid-623829908 .grid-col-1{height: 600px}\n    #banner-grid-623829908 .grid-col-1-2{height: 300px}\n    #banner-grid-623829908 .grid-col-1-3{height:200px}\n    #banner-grid-623829908 .grid-col-2-3{height: 400px}\n    #banner-grid-623829908 .grid-col-1-4{height: 150px}\n    #banner-grid-623829908 .grid-col-3-4{height: 450px}\n\n\n    \n    \n\n  <\/style>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1968307198\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1179211087\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Fun Fact!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Common Map Turtle might look like the Painted Turtle from far away as it does have bright yellow lines on its body as well. When you look closer you will see they are quite different. The patterns on its shell look like the lines on a topographic map.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Traits\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Common Map Turtle\u2019s females shell can grow up to 27 cm in length, which is twice as big as the males shell, only 13 cm in length. The female also have much stronger jaws that allow them to crunch on snails, clams and crayfish. The males will eat more insects than hard shell food.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Life in the Marsh\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Unfortunately, no map turtles have even been sighted in the marsh. They live mainly in southeastern Ontario and southern Quebec, and one of the two main populations of this species in Quebec is located on the Ottawa River.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Protection and Threats<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Motorboats can be very dangerous for the turtles. They can get caught in hooks or even in the blades on a motor. On land, cars and roadways are a major threat when the turtle is making journeys to breed. 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