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saddle-backed, a. (ˈsæd(ə)lbækt) 1. a. Having the back, upper surface, or edge curved like a saddle; having a concavely curved outline; spec. in Archery (see quot. 1545).1545 R. Ascham Toxoph. ii. (Arb.) 129 Fourthly in couling or sheryng [the feather of a shaft],..whether somewhat swyne backed (I m...
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Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise
The saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. References
External links
Rodrigues Saddle-backed Tortoise - The Extinction Website
Further reading
Suckow, A. (1798).
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Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise
The saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. Description
One of two different giant tortoise species which were endemic to Mauritius, this saddle-backed species seems to have specialized in browsing
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Saddle (landform)
A saddle can vary from a sharp, narrow gap to a broad, comfortable, sway-backed, shallow valley so long as it is both the high point in the sloping faces saddle.
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Cylindraspis
contains at least the following species:
†C. indica, Réunion giant tortoise, also known by the synonym Cylindraspis borbonica, from Réunion
†C. inepta, saddle-backed Mauritius
†C. peltastes, domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, from Rodrigues
†C. triserrata, domed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius
†C. vosmaeri, saddle-backed
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Saddle butterflyfish
The Saddle Butterflyfish is found at depths between 0 and 30 m in coral reefs. Next closest seems to be a group including the black-backed butterflyfish (C. melannotus), spot-tailed butterflyfish (C. ocellicaudus) and yellow-dotted
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South Saddle Mountain
South Saddle was originally known as simply Saddle Mountain but in 1983 officially became South Saddle Mountain to avoid confusion with Saddle Mountain Fauna in the area include a variety of birds such as hermit warbler, sooty grouse, chestnut-backed chickadee, golden-crowned kinglet, Steller's jay, and
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Ephippiger ephippiger
Ephippiger ephippiger, the saddle-backed bush cricket, is a species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Bradyporinae. The saddle-backed bush cricket mainly eats insects and other small animals, but also plant parts.
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Chelonoidis niger chathamensis
Description
It has a wide, black shell, its shape intermediate between the saddle-backed and domed subspecies: adult males are rather saddle-backed, but
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Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise
A low grazer of grasses, it shared Rodrigues Island with its much larger relative, the saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, which browsed the taller
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Hood Island giant tortoise
Its black, saddle-backed carapace has a deep cervical indentation, the anterior rim only weakly upturned, and posterior marginals downturned and slightly
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Ephippiger provincialis
Ephippiger provincialis, the Provence saddle-backed bush cricket, is a species in the family Tettigoniidae.
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Aldabrachelys gigantea arnoldi
The subspecies is the only living saddle-backed tortoise in the Seychelles islands. Due to its unusual 'saddle-backed' shape, this is the only Seychelles tortoise species that regularly basks in the sun.
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Giant tortoise (disambiguation)
in the world
†Cylindraspis an extinct genus of tortoise with the following species:
†C. indica, Réunion giant tortoise, from Réunion
†C. inepta, Saddle-backed Mauritius
†C. peltastes, Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, from Rodrigues
†C. triserrata, Domed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius
†C. vosmaeri, Saddle-backed
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Giant tortoise
There are two main types of shell among them, the saddle-backed shell and the domed shell. The saddle-backed tortoises are the smallest Galápagos tortoises, but present a very long neck and pairs of legs.
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