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  2. Jonathan (tortoise) - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) [2] [3] is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea).His approximate age is estimated to be 192 as of 2025, making him the oldest known living land animal.

  3. 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.

  4. Aldabrachelys - Wikipedia

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    Aldabrachelys [1] is genus of giant tortoises, including the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) native to the Seychelles, as well as two extinct species, Aldabrachelys abrupta and Aldabrachelys grandidieri known from Madagascar.

  5. Aldabrachelys grandidieri - Wikipedia

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    Underside of carapace. Aldabrachelys grandidieri was a giant tortoise, one of the largest in the world, measuring about 125 cm (49 in) in carapace length.It was originally one of the six endemic tortoise species of Madagascar (two large Aldabrachelys; two medium Astrochelys; two small Pyxis).

  6. Seychelles giant tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), also known as the Seychelles domed giant tortoise, is a tortoise subspecies in the genus Aldabrachelys.. It inhabited the large central granitic Seychelles islands, but was hunted in vast numbers by European sailors.

  7. World’s oldest tortoise has seen off two world wars and the ...

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    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.

  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. Aldabrachelys abrupta - Wikipedia

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    It was originally one of the six endemic tortoise species of Madagascar (two large Aldabrachelys; three medium Astrochelys; two small Pyxis). [3] It was sympatric with the other giant tortoise species of Madagascar, Grandidier's giant tortoise ( Aldabrachelys grandidieri (also extinct)), and both species occupied both the coasts and the cooler ...

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