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A necropsy confirmed that George died from natural causes. [24] The body of Lonesome George was frozen and shipped to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to be preserved by taxidermists. [25] The preservation work was carried out by the museum's taxidermist George Dante, with input from scientists. [26]
The last known individual of the subspecies was a male named Lonesome George [20] (Spanish: El Solitario Jorge), [21] who died on 24 June 2012. [ 7 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world.
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) ... The last known specimen, named Lonesome George, died in captivity on 24 June 2012; ...
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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. ... Lonesome George lived out his final decades of life in ...
The last wild individual (Lonesome George) was captured in 1972 and died in Santa Cruz's Tortoise Center in 2012, but hybrid descendants survive in northern Isabela Island. Declined due to hunting and habitat destruction by grazing feral goats. [63] Floreana giant tortoise: Chelonoidis niger niger: Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Abingdon Island tortoise. Conservation status Extinct [12] Günther 1877. [13] The holotype of C. n. ephippium (Günther 1875) is a misidentified C. abingdoni, [14] so technically abingdoni is a junior synonym. Lonesome George, the last living member of the subspecies, died on June 24, 2012. This subspecies was severely depleted by whalers and ...
The world’s oldest tortoise has lived through two world wars, witnessed the rise and fall of the British Empire, and has just turned 190 years old.