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- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise abstract "The domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) was a species of giant tortoises in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800.The domed Rodrigues tortoise was one of the smallest of the giant tortoises of the Indian Ocean, reaching a length of just over 40 cm and an estimated weight of around 12 kg. A low grazer of grasses, it shared Rodrigues Island with its much larger relative, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, which browsed the taller vegetation. Both species were descended from an ancestral species on Mauritius (an ancestor of Cylindraspis inepta), which colonised Rodrigues by sea many millions of years ago, and then differentiated into the two Rodrigues species.At the time of the arrival of human settlers, dense tortoise herds of many thousands were reported on Rodrigues. Like many island species, they were reported to have been friendly and unafraid of humans. However, in the ensuing years, massive harvesting for food and the introduction of invasive alien species rapidly exterminated the tortoises. A surviving tortoise was reported on Rodrigues in 1795, at the bottom of a ravine. As late as 1802, there is mention of survivors reportedly being killed in the large fires used to clear the island's vegetation for agriculture.It has subsequently been discovered that the browsing herds of tortoises filled an essential role in the island's ecosystem and the regeneration of its forests. In recognition of this fact, measures have been undertaken to introduce replacements, in the form of similar species of tortoises from other parts of the world, to assist in the rebuilding of Rodrigues' devastated environment. The replacement species for the domed Rodrigues tortoise was chosen to be the radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) of Madagascar, which is similar in size and habit.".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise class Reptile.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise conservationStatus "EX".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise conservationStatusSystem "IUCN2.3".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise family Tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise genus Cylindraspis.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise kingdom Animal.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise order Turtle.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise phylum Chordate.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonym "* Chersine rotunda (Merrem, 1820)".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonym "* Cylindraspis peltastes (Bour, 1980)".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonym "* Geochelone (Geochelone) rotunda (Fitzinger, 1835)".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonym "* Geochelone peltastes (Pritchard, 1967)".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonym "* Testudo peltastes (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonym "* Testudo rotunda (Latreille, 1801)".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise thumbnail Cylindraspis_peltastes_1770.png?width=300.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageID "12507274".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageLength "4463".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageOutDegree "22".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageRevisionID "666689525".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Animalia.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1835.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cylindraspis.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Category:Extinct_reptiles.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fauna_of_Rodrigues.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Category:Reptile_extinctions_since_1500.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Cylindraspis.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Cylindraspis_inepta.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Endemism.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Giant_tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Madagascar.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Mauritius.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Radiated_tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Reptile.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Reptilia.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Rodrigues.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Rodrigues_(island).
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Saddle-backed_Mauritius_giant_tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Saddle-backed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Testudines.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Testudinidae.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Turtle.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink File:Leguat1891frontispieceFr1708.jpg.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLinkText "Cylindraspis peltastes".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLinkText "Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLinkText "domed Rodrigues giant tortoise".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise binomial "Cylindraspis peltastes".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise binomialAuthority "Dumeril & Bibron, 1835".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise classis Reptile.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise classis Reptilia.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise familia Testudinidae.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise familia Tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise genus "Cylindraspis".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise hasPhotoCollection Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise imageCaption "Illustration from circa 1770 by Jossigny".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise imageWidth "250".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise ordo Testudines.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise ordo Turtle.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise phylum Chordata.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise phylum Chordate.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise regnum Animal.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise regnum Animalia.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise species "C. peltastes".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise status "EX".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise statusSystem "IUCN2.3".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise synonyms "* Testudo rotunda (Latreille, 1801) * Chersine rotunda (Merrem, 1820) * Testudo peltastes (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) * Geochelone rotunda (Fitzinger, 1835) * Geochelone peltastes (Pritchard, 1967) * Cylindraspis peltastes (Bour, 1980)".
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- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise subject Category:Animals_described_in_1835.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise subject Category:Cylindraspis.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise subject Category:Extinct_reptiles.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise subject Category:Fauna_of_Rodrigues.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise subject Category:Reptile_extinctions_since_1500.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise hypernym Tortoises.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Animal.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Article.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Eukaryote.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Reptile.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Species.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Article.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Thing.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Q19088.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise type Q729.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise comment "The domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes) was a species of giant tortoises in the Testudinidae family. It was endemic to Rodrigues. It appears to have become extinct around 1800.The domed Rodrigues tortoise was one of the smallest of the giant tortoises of the Indian Ocean, reaching a length of just over 40 cm and an estimated weight of around 12 kg.".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise label "Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise".
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise sameAs Cylindraspis_peltastes.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise sameAs Cylindraspis_peltastes.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise sameAs Cylindraspis_peltastes.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise sameAs Cylindraspis_peltastes.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise sameAs روڈرگ_گمبدی_جن_کھچوپڑہ.
- Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise sameAs Cylindraspis_peltastes.