| Aldabrachelys grandidieri Temporal range: Holocene
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| Upper side of carapace | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | Aldabrachelys |
| Species: | A. grandidieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Aldabrachelys grandidieri (Vaillant, 1885)
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Aldabrachelys grandidieri, or Grandidier's giant tortoise, is an extinct species of tortoise that was endemic to Madagascar. Mitochondrial DNA extracted from subfossil bone confirm that it is a distinct species.[1][2]
- ^ a b Aldabrachelys grandidieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2015.
- ^ Austin, J. J.; Arnold, E. N.; Bour, R. (2003). "Was there a second adaptive radiation of giant tortoises in the Indian Ocean? Using mitochondrial DNA to investigate speciation and biogeography of Aldabrachelys (Reptilia, Testudinidae)". Molecular Ecology. 12 (6): 1415–1424. Bibcode:2003MolEc..12.1415A. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01842.x. PMID 12755871. S2CID 1518514.