Cylindraspis vosmaeri

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cylindraspis vosmaeri
Species Authority:	(Fitzinger, 1826)
Synonym/s:	Testudo commersoni Vaillant, 1898 Testudo rodericensis Gunther, 1873 Testudo vosmaeri Fitzinger, 1826

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Justification:
Known only from the island of Rodrigues, this species has not been recorded since 1800.

History:

1994

–

Extinct (IUCN)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Cylindraspis vosmaeri was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Mauritius (Rodrigues)

Population [top]

Population:	It was last recorded in 1800.

Population:

It was last recorded in 1800.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Hunting pressures and the introduction of predators and competitive species are thought to have contributed to the demise of this species.

Major Threat(s):

Hunting pressures and the introduction of predators and competitive species are thought to have contributed to the demise of this species.

Bibliography [top]

Citations:	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.

Citations:

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.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis vosmaeri. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 March 2010.
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