Réunion giant tortoise
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| Réunion giant tortoise | |
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| Live C. indica. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Cylindraspis |
| Species: | C. indica |
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| Cylindraspis indica Schneider, 1783 |
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Cylindraspis borbonica Bour, 1978 |
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The Réunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) was a species of giant tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, until it became extinct around 1800.
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- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis indica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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