Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise

Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise
Illustration from circa 1770 by Jossigny

Extinct (around 1800)  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: †Cylindraspis
Species:
†C. peltastes
Binomial name
†Cylindraspis peltastes
Dumeril & Bibron, 1835
Synonyms[2]
  • Testudo rotunda Latreille, 1801
  • Chersine rotunda Merrem, 1820
  • Testudo peltastes Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Geochelone (Geochelone) rotunda Fitzinger, 1835
  • Geochelone peltastes Pritchard, 1967
  • Cylindraspis peltastes Bour, 1980

The domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800, as a result of human exploitation.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Cylindraspis peltastes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6063A12388776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6063A12388776.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 278. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  3. ^ Pedrono, Miguel; Griffiths, Owen L.; Clausen, Alison; Smith, Lora L.; Griffiths, Christine J.; Wilmé, Lucienne; Burney, David A. (2013). "Using a surviving lineage of Madagascar's vanished megafauna for ecological restoration". Biological Conservation. 159: 501–506. Bibcode:2013BCons.159..501P. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.11.027 – via ResearchGate.