Cylindraspis vosmaeri

Cylindraspis vosmaeri

Taxobox
name = Cylindraspis vosmaeri


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Testudinidae
genus = "Cylindraspis"
species = "C. vosmaeri"
binomial = "Cylindraspis vosmaeri"
binomial_authority = Suckow, 1798
synonyms =

"Cylindraspis vosmaeri" or Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise was a species of turtle 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.

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* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/6065/all Cylindraspis vosmaeri] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 28 July 2007.


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