Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise
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| Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise | |
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| Two views of an empty C. vosmaeri carapace. | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Cylindraspis |
| Species: | C. vosmaeri |
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| Cylindraspis vosmaeri Suckow, 1798 |
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The Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) was a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. The introduction of predators and hunting pressures are believed to have caused the extinction of this species.
[edit] References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis vosmaeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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