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Cylindraspis

Synonyms: Chelonura; Cylindrasppis

Wikipedia Abstract

Cylindraspis is a genus of recently extinct giant tortoises. All of its species lived in the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) in the Indian Ocean and all are now extinct due to hunting and introduction of non-native predators.
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Species

Cylindraspis inepta (Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise) (Extinct)
Cylindraspis peltastes (domed Rodrigues giant tortoise) (Extinct)
Cylindraspis triserrata (domed Mauritius giant tortoise) (Extinct)
Cylindraspis vosmaeri (saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise) (Extinct)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0