Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise

Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise
Skull of Cylindraspis inepta
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. inepta
Binomial name
†Cylindraspis inepta
Günther, 1873
Synonyms[2]
  • Testudo neraudii Gray, 1831 (nomen oblitum)
  • Testudo inepta Günther, 1873
  • Testudo boutonii Günther, 1875
  • Testudo sauzieri Gadow, 1894
  • Geochelone inepta Pritchard, 1967
  • Geochelone sauzieri Pritchard, 1967
  • Cylindraspis inepta Bour, 1981

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

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Cylindraspis inepta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6062A12385198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6062A12385198.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 277–278. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.