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The Galápagos Islands were discovered in 1535, but first appeared on the maps, of Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, around 1570. [7] The islands were named "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the Tortoises) in reference to the giant tortoises found there.
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.
Chelonoidis niger phantasticus (commonly known as the Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise or Narborough Island giant tortoise) is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise that was discovered in 1906 and thought extinct, until a single female was discovered living on Fernandina Island by an expedition in February 2019.
She is now being kept in captivity in the Galapagos National Park Tortoise Centre. Other expeditions found signs of at least two or three more tortoises living on the island, giving hope that ...
STORY: These giant tortoises arethriving on a Galapagos islandLocation: Santa Fe Island, Ecudaorsince being moved there in 2015to help ecological restorationGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY NGO DIRECTOR ...
Floreana Island giant tortoise. Conservation status Extinct [38] Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [39] syn. galapagoensis Baur 1889. [32] This is the nominate subspecies. Formerly abundant, but heavily exploited by visiting ships and a penal colony in the 20th century. Floreana Island suffered a devastating fire in 1820, set by a crewman from the whaler ...
The Pinta Island tortoise [4] (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii [2] [5]), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, [2] Abingdon Island tortoise, [1] or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, [2] is a recently extinct subspecies of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador's Pinta Island.
To protect the ecological integrity of these islands, home to blue-footed boobies and the Galapagos’ namesake giant tortoises, the Galapagos Governing Council restricts and manages access (only ...