🐚Emperor scorpion

Pandinus imperator (C.L.Koch, 1841)

帝王蠍（学名：Pandinus imperator），又名將軍巨蠍，是非洲的一種蠍子。牠們是世界第二大的蠍子（第三長），最大長約 20厘米（7.9英寸），體重達 30克（0.066磅）；目前記錄體型最大的蠍子為紅爪雨林蠍，體長可達 23厘米（9.1英寸）。飼養的帝王蠍壽命一般介乎5-8歲，而在野外的壽命會較短。按照大小比例，牠們的毒性較低，故成為了寵物市場的常客。因為過度捕獵，牠們受到威脅至接近滅絕，現獲《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》的保護。其近親包含了紅爪蠍。

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumArthropoda
subphylumChelicerata
orderScorpions · Scorpiones
superfamilyScorpionoidea
familyScorpionidae
subfamilyScorpioninae
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