Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise

Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Cylindraspis
Species: C. inepta
Binomial name
Cylindraspis inepta
Günther, 1873

The Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) was a species of tortoise in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Mauritius. The last records of this tortoise date to the early 18th century.

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