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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.
Naked Scientists audio discussion of Lonesome George; Article on Lonesome George The giant tortoise of Galapagos Island. Lonesome George, by Vicky Seal "Team of Veterinarians Prepare Hybrid Tortoises for Release on Pinta Island in 2010" (Press release). Galapagos Conservancy. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on 2010-02-08.
Professor Farnsworth, as a rare Pinta Island tortoise named Lonesome Hubert, is persuaded by his animal friends to find a mate so his species can continue. The female tortoise he is interested in lives on the other side of the island, an 18-month journey.
Pinta was the original home to Lonesome George, perhaps the most famous tortoise in the Galápagos Islands. He was the last known representative of the subspecies Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii. The most northern major island in the Galápagos, at one time Isla Pinta had a thriving tortoise population.
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 ...
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 ...
Lonesome George, Spanish Pinta Island tortoise (inspiration for the Lonesome Hubert segment in the Futurama episode "Naturama"), (d. 2012). [74] [75] Salvador Mestres, Spanish animator, film director and comics artist (Hispano Grafic Films), (d. 1975). [76]
DNA analysis of the genomes of the long-lived tortoises, Lonesome George, the iconic last member of Chelonoidis abingdonii, and the Aldabra giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea led to the detection of lineage-specific variants affecting DNA repair genes that might contribute to their long lifespan.