| Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise | |
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| Illustration from c. 1770 by Jossigny | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Cylindraspis |
| Species: | C. peltastes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cylindraspis peltastes Dumeril & Bibron, 1835 |
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The Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) was a species of giant tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800.[1]
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