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English: Photograph of a living Aldabra tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) that was in 1766 brought from Aldabra to Mauritius, where it died in 1918 after living for over 150 years.[1][2] This is the holotype of Testudo sumeirei (Gadow 1895), a junior synonym.
Nederlands: Een Aldabra-reuzenschildpad (Aldabrachelys gigantea) die naar Mauritius was meegenomen en daar voor meer dan 150 jaar leefde. Dit is het holotype van Testudo sumeirei (Gadow 1895), een junior synoniem

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