Domed Mauritius giant tortoise

Domed Mauritius giant tortoise
Skull of Cylindraspis triserrata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: †Cylindraspis
Species:
†C. triserrata
Binomial name
†Cylindraspis triserrata
Günther, 1873
Synonyms
  • Testudo schweigeri Gray, 1831
  • Testudo schweiggeri Duméril & Bibron, 1835 (ex errore)
  • Testudo triserrata Günther, 1873
  • Testudo leptocnemis Günther, 1875
  • Testudo microtympanum Boulenger, 1891
  • Testudo gadowi Van Denburgh, 1914
  • Geochelone (Cylindraspis) gadowi Pritchard, 1967
  • Geochelone leptocnemis Pritchard, 1967
  • Geochelone microtympanum Pritchard, 1967
  • Geochelone triserrata Pritchard, 1967
  • Cylindraspis triserrata Bour, 1985
  • Cylindraspis leptocnemis Wilms, 1999

The domed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis triserrata) is an extinct species of giant tortoise. It was endemic to Mauritius.

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