Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise
| Cylindraspis vosmaeri | |
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| Species: | C. vosmaeri
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| Cylindraspis vosmaeri Suckow, 1798
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Cylindraspis vosmaeri was a species of turtle in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Mauritius. The introduction of predators, hunting pressures, and competitive species are believed to have caused the extinction of this species. The island of Rodrigues is the only place they've ever been recorded from, this species has not been seen since the 1800s.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis vosmaeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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