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Emperor scorpion or Imperial scorpion (Pandinus imperator)🐚

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SpeciesScorpionesScorpionidae
Invertebrates

🐚Emperor scorpion

Pandinus imperator (C.L.Koch, 1841)

Pandinus imperator, le Scorpion empereur est une espèce de scorpions de la famille des Scorpionidae.

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Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Pandinus imperator yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
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Body length
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Shoulder height
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Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
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Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classArachnida
  4. ›orderScorpiones
  5. ›familyScorpionidae
  6. ›genusPandinus
  7. ›speciesPandinus imperator
Full lineage
  1. orderScorpions · Scorpiones
  2. familyScorpionidae
  3. subfamilyScorpioninae
  4. genusPandinus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumChelicerata
  4. orderScorpions · Scorpiones
  5. superfamilyScorpionoidea
  6. familyScorpionidae
  7. subfamilyScorpioninae
  8. genusPandinus
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Pandinus imperator (it), Escorpião imperador (pt), Šťúr obrovský (sk), Skorpion cesarski (pl), Pandinus imperator (fr), императорский скорпион (ru) … and 16 more languages

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