Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise
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| Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise | |
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| Illustration from c. 1770 by Jossigny | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Cylindraspis |
| Species: | C. peltastes |
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| Cylindraspis peltastes Dumeril & Bibron, 1835 |
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The Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) was a species of giant tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Cylindraspis peltastes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/6063. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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