Cylindraspis vosmaeri

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	TESTUDINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cylindraspis vosmaeri
Species Authority:	(Suckow, 1798)
Synonym/s:	Testudo commersoni Vaillant, 1898 Testudo indica subspecies vosmaeri Suckow, 1798 Testudo rodericensis Günther, 1873

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

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

History:

1994

–

Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Range Description:	Cylindraspis vosmaeri was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Mauritius (Rodrigues)
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Population:	It was last recorded in 1800.

Population:

It was last recorded in 1800.

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

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.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cylindraspis vosmaeri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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