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    The saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It was endemic to...
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    the two species of giant tortoise endemic to Mauritius, the Mauritius saddle-backed (Cylindraspis inepta) and the Mauritius domed (Cylindraspis triserrata)...
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    borbonica, Reunion giant tortoise †Cylindraspis inepta, saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise or Mauritius giant domed tortoise †Cylindraspis peltastes...
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    The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species was...
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  • genus of tortoise with the following species: †C. indica, Réunion giant tortoise, from Réunion †C. inepta, Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius...
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  • Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) Domed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis...
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  • Mauritius lowland forest day gecko. Two giant tortoises of the genus Cylindraspis, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise and the saddle-backed Mauritius...
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  • giant tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii) Floreana Island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) Réunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) Saddle-backed...
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    Dodo (redirect from Mauritius Dodo)
    Mauritian reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island...
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    Rodrigues giant tortoise, from Rodrigues †C. triserrata, domed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius †C. vosmaeri, saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, from...
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    Mauritian reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink and the Round Island...
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    Mauritian reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island burrowing...
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  • Saint-Paul, he collected fragments of the extinct turtle species Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta).[citation needed] Cowles published...
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    feeding on a tree with defensive spines Restoration of a saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise herd Living dodo depicted c. 1625 Hadropithecus restoration...
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    Mare aux Songes (category Wetlands of Mauritius)
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise
    the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, which browsed the taller vegetation. Both species were descended from an ancestral species on Mauritius (an...
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    Red rail (redirect from Mauritius hen)
    Mauritian reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island...
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  • 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...
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    (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...
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    Broad-billed parrot (category Birds of Mauritius)
    Mauritian reptiles include the saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, the domed Mauritius giant tortoise, the Mauritian giant skink, and the Round Island...
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    once home to two unique and endemic species of giant tortoise: the tall-standing, long-necked, saddle-backed Cylindraspis vosmaeri that browsed the trees...
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    François Leguat (category People exiled to Mauritius)
    Rodrigues solitaire, the Rodrigues rail, the domed and the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoises and Newton's parakeet. Oliver 1891, p. xvii, Vol. 1. Du...
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    Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Leguat stated that...
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    Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Milne-Edwards concluded...
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    Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Many terrestrial...
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    Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Of the eight or...
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    Rodrigues starling (category Birds of Mauritius)
    Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Leguat mentioned...
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    Extinct reptiles include the domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, and the Rodrigues day gecko. Of the roughly eight...
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    eagles, Crowned eagles, White-backed vulture, African scops owl, Pygmy falcon, North African ostrich, Grey crowned crane, Saddle-billed stork, Marabou stork...
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    giganteus L giant giganteus (a sea snail); Aldabra giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea giganteus – gigantea – giganteum gigas G γίγας giant Humboldt squid...
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