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The islands were named "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the Tortoises) in reference to the giant tortoises found there. [9] [10] [nb 1] Initially, the giant tortoises of the Indian Ocean and those from the Galápagos were thought to be the same subspecies. Naturalists thought that sailors had transported the tortoises there. [11]
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.
Santa Cruz giant tortoise Bottlenose dolphins jumping off the Galápagos Islands. One of the best-known animals is the Galápagos tortoise, which once lived on ten of the islands. Now, some tortoise species are extinct or extinct in the wild and they live on six of the islands. The tortoises have an average lifespan of over 130 years.
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
The Santiago Island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger darwini), also known commonly as the Santiago giant tortoise [3] and the James Island tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The subspecies is endemic to Santiago Island (also known as James Island and San Salvador) in the Galápagos.
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 ...
STORY: These giant tortoises arethriving on a Galapagos islandLocation: Santa Fe Island, Ecudaorsince being moved there in 2015to help ecological restorationGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY NGO DIRECTOR ...
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 ...