Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise | |
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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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