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  2. List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene

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    Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands Last recorded in 1930. Extinct due to competition, pathogens transmitted by, or predation by black rats, house mice, brown rats, and feral cats. [27] Indefatigable Galápagos mouse: Nesoryzomys indefessus: Santa Cruz and Baltra, Galápagos Islands Last collected in 1934.

  3. Wildlife of the Galápagos Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Galápagos Islands are home to a remarkable number of endemic species. The stark rocky islands (many with few plants) made it necessary for many species to adapt to survive and by doing so evolved into new species. It was after visiting the Galápagos and studying the wildlife that a young Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. [2]

  4. List of subspecies of Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Chelonoidis 'Santa Fe Island lineage' (undescribed) [50] Santa Fe Island tortoise. Extinct [51] N/A There have been accounts of whalers removing tortoises from Santa Fe Island, and two informants to the 1905-1905 California Academy of Sciences expedition mention locals removing tortoises in 1876 and 1890. These accounts, however, were given 30 ...

  5. Pinta Island tortoise - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The Pinta Island subspecies (C. n. abingdonii, now extinct) has been found to be most closely related to the subspecies on the islands of San Cristóbal (C. n. chathamensis) and Española (C. n. hoodensis) which lie over 300 km (190 mi) away, [18] rather than that on the neighbouring island of Isabela as previously assumed.

  7. List of animals in the Galápagos Islands - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of animals that live in the Galápagos Islands. The fauna of the Galápagos Islands include a total of 9,000 confirmed species. Of them, none have been introduced by humans, and seventeen are endemic. [citation needed] Due to amphibians intolerance of saltwater, no amphibians naturally occur on the Galapagos Islands.

  8. Santa Fe Island tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Galápagos Islands showing locations of different tortoise species. The Santa Fe Island tortoise ( Chelonoidis niger ssp.), also known as the Santa Fe tortoise or Santa Fe giant tortoise , is an undescribed extinct taxon of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Santa Fe Island in the Galápagos archipelago in the equatorial eastern Pacific ...

  9. Megaoryzomys - Wikipedia

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    Megaoryzomys curioi, also known as the Galápagos giant rat, [2] is an extinct species of sigmodontine rodent, known only from Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. It likely met its demise when European settlers introduced invasive species to the island. It is the only species in the genus Megaoryzomys.