Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Dermochelyidae
- Genus: Dermochelys
- Species: Dermochelys coriacea (Source: Fontanes)
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Habitat:
Open water, palaegic.Range:
Warm oceans around the world.Diet:
Fish, jellyfish, crustaceans. Unlike other species of marine turtles (who feed close to shore), leatherbacks feed in open water (Source: Fontane).Status:
Red List Category & Criteria (ver 2.3, 1994): CR A1abd. Critically endangered with a recent population reduction of greater than 80% (Source: Red List Standards).Sources:
- Burnie, D. and D.E. Wilson. Animal. Dorling Kindersley. London. 2001.
- 'The Leatherback Turtle' (On-line), Turtle Trax. Accessed February 22 2006.
- Fontanes, F. 2003. 'Dermochelys coriacea' (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed February 22 2006.
- Red List Standards & Petitions Subcommittee, 1996. 'Dermochelys coriacea' (On-line), IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed February 22, 2006.

