Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise
The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species was endemic to Rodrigues. Human exploitation caused the extinction of this species around 1800.
| Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise | |
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| Engraving of the only taxidermy specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | †Cylindraspis |
| Species: | †C. vosmaeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cylindraspis vosmaeri Suckow, 1798 | |
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