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  2. Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Its goal is to assist the Galapagos National Park to effectively conserve giant tortoises by conducting cutting-edge applied science, and developing an inspirational tortoise-based outreach and education programme. Since 2009, the project team have been analysing the movements of giant tortoises by tracking them via satellite tags.

  3. Lonesome George - Wikipedia

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    In February 2020, the Galápagos National Park, along with the Galápagos Conservancy, reported that a female tortoise was directly related to the species that Lonesome George was a part of. This female was among thirty tortoises that were found to be related to two species that are considered extinct. [34]

  4. Giant tortoise - Wikipedia

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    An Aldabra giant tortoise, an example of a giant tortoise. Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, [1] as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands. [2]

  5. Chelonoidis niger chathamensis - Wikipedia

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    Van Denburgh, 1907 : Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905–1906. I. Preliminary descriptions of four new races of gigantic land tortoises from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, vol. 1, p. 1–6

  6. Giant Tortoise Thought Extinct for 112 Years ... - AOL

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    A giant tortoise found on Fernandina Island in Ecuador’s Galápagos National Park in 2019 has been confirmed as a member of Chelonoidis phantasticus, a species thought to have gone extinct more ...

  7. List of subspecies of Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    However, no confirmed live tortoises, or even remains, were found on Fernandina until the discovery of an elderly female in February 2019. [44] The tortoise has been transferred to a breeding center for the purpose of conservation and genetic tests. [45] [46] Only one confirmed individual, but others may still exist. Fernandina (Narborough) Island

  8. Meet Fernanda the giant tortoise from a species believed ...

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    Scientists have reported that a rare species of giant tortoise thought to have died out more than a century ago is not in fact extinct. Genetic research has shown that a female specimen discovered ...

  9. Giant tortoises successfully moved to Galapagos island - AOL

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    STORY: These giant tortoises arethriving on a Galapagos islandLocation: Santa Fe Island, Ecudaorsince being moved there in 2015to help ecological restorationGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY NGO DIRECTOR ...