| Réunion giant tortoise | |
|---|---|
| Live C. indica. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Cylindraspis |
| Species: | C. indica |
| Binomial name | |
| Cylindraspis indica Schneider, 1783 |
|
| Synonyms | |
|
Cylindraspis borbonica Bour, 1978 |
|
The Réunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) was a species of giant tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, until it became extinct around 1800.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||