Cylindraspis indica
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | REPTILIA | TESTUDINES | TESTUDINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Cylindraspis indica |
| Species Authority: | (Schneider, 1783) |
| Synonym/s: |
Chersina grayi Strauch, 1865
Chersine retusa Merrem, 1820
Cylindraspis borbonica Bour, 1978
Cylindraspis graii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Testudo graii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Testudo indica Schneider, 1783
Testudo perraultii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
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| Taxonomic Notes: | The 1996 and 2000 IUCN Red Lists included C. borbonica as a separate species, this is now placed as a synonym of C. indica. |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 2.3 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 1996 | |||||||||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre | |||||||||
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Justification: This species was endemic to Réunion. It has not been recorded since 1800. |
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| History: |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Cylindraspis indica was known only from Réunion. |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Réunion
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Population [top]
| Population: | The species is thought to have become extinct in 1800. |
Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Bibliography [top]
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. 1992. Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth’s Living Resources. Report compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Chapman and Hall, London. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. |
| Citation: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis indica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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