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

Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, as well as two extant species with...

Reunion giant tortoise †Cylindraspis inepta, saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise or Mauritius giant domed tortoise †Cylindraspis peltastes, domed Rodrigues...

tortoise, from Mauritius †C. peltastes, Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, from Rodrigues †C. triserrata, Domed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius †C. vosmaeri...

Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) Domed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis...

with a high, domed shape. The species has stocky, heavily scaled legs to support its heavy body. The neck of the Aldabra giant tortoise is very long,...

Mauritius lowland forest day gecko. Two giant tortoises of the genus Cylindraspis, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise and the saddle-backed Mauritius...

The domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It was endemic to Rodrigues...

Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) Domed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis...

reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink and the Round Island burrowing...

relative, the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, grazed on low vegetation such as fallen leaves and grasses. The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise was described...

Cylindraspis is a genus of recently extinct giant tortoises. All of its species lived in the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) in the Indian...

reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island burrowing...

reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island burrowing...

spotted green pigeon by John Latham (1823). Engraving of a Réunion giant tortoise by Johann David Schoepf (1792). Painting of great auks by John James...

on a tree with defensive spines Restoration of a saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise herd Living dodo depicted c. 1625 Hadropithecus restoration Elephant...

(Raphus cucullatus), last seen in 1662, was endemic to Mauritius. All 17 extinct lemurs were giant lemurs larger than the extant lemurs. The subfossil remains...

sɔ̃ʒ]) swamp is a lagerstätte located close to the sea in south eastern Mauritius. Many subfossils of recently extinct animals have accumulated in the swamp...

reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island burrowing...

reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island burrowing...

the Rodrigues solitaire, the Rodrigues rail, the domed and the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoises and Newton's parakeet. Oliver 1891, p. xvii, Vol...

pigeon. Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Leguat stated...

pigeon. Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Many terrestrial...

pigeon. Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Leguat mentioned...

pigeon. Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Milne-Edwards...

pigeon. Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Of the eight...

pigeon. Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Of the roughly...

with Galápagos Giant Tortoises. Initially, 39 nonreproductive adults were introduced in May 2010 to see how two major phenotypes (domed and saddleback)...