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The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) was a species of giant tortoises in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. The human introduction of predators and hunting pressures are believed to have caused the extinction of this species roughly around 1800.

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  • The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) was a species of giant tortoises in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. The human introduction of predators and hunting pressures are believed to have caused the extinction of this species roughly around 1800.
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  • IUCN2.3
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  • * Testudo commersonii (Siebenrock, 1909) (ex errore)
  • * Chersine rotunda (Merrem, 1820)
  • * Cylindraspis commersonii (Wilms, 1999)
  • * Cylindraspis vosmaeri (Fitzinger, 1843)
  • * Geochelone commersoni (Pritchard, 1967)
  • * Testudo commersoni (Vaillant, 1898)
  • * Testudo indica vosmaeri (Suckow, 1798)
  • * Testudo rodericensis (Günther, 1873)
  • * Testudo rotunda (Latreille, 1801)
  • * Testudo vosmaeri (Fitzinger, 1826)
  • * Geochelone (Cylindraspis) vosmaeri (Fitzinger, 1835)
  • * Geochelone (Geochelone) rotunda (Fitzinger, 1835)
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