▁Tennessee ▁honor ▁the ▁eastern ▁box ▁t urt le , ▁Missouri ▁names ▁the ▁three - to ed ▁box ▁t urt le , ▁and ▁Kansas ▁adopted ▁the ▁orn ate ▁box ▁t urt le ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁Pennsylvania , ▁the ▁eastern ▁box ▁t urt le ▁made ▁it ▁through ▁one ▁house ▁of ▁the ▁legisl ature , ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁win ▁final ▁naming ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁Virginia , ▁b ills ▁to ▁honor ▁the ▁eastern ▁box ▁t urt le ▁failed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁most ▁recent ▁failure , ▁a ▁Republican ▁legisl ator ▁character ized ▁the ▁creature ▁as ▁being ▁cow ard ly ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁shell . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁main ▁problem ▁in ▁Virginia ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁creature ▁was ▁too ▁closely ▁linked ▁to ▁neighbor ▁state ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Cit ations ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : T er rap ene ▁Category : T urt les ▁of ▁North ▁America ▁T urt le , ▁Box ▁common ▁Category : Fa una ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁United ▁States ▁Category : Spe cies ▁end anger ed ▁by ▁the ▁pet ▁trade ▁Category : Spe cies ▁end anger ed ▁by ▁road kill ▁Category : Spe cies ▁end anger ed ▁by ▁poll ution ▁Category : Spe cies ▁end anger ed ▁by ▁habitat ▁fragment ation ▁Category : Spe cies ▁end anger ed ▁by ▁urban ization ▁Category : Spe cies ▁end anger ed ▁by ▁invas ive ▁species ▁Category