Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise

Summary

Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's image is recorded as Cylindraspis vosmaeri 1792.png^[3].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's IUCN conservation status is recorded as extinct species^[6].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's parent taxon is recorded as Cylindraspis^[7].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's taxon name is recorded as Cylindraspis vosmaeri^[8].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Cylindraspis vosmaeri^[9].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 6065^[10].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w9k7y^[11].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 180178^[12].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 949461^[13].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 377729^[14].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5789430^[15].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. vosmaeri'}^[16].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1205355^[17].
• Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 302069^[18].

Why It Matters

Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]