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  2. Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Its goal is to assist the Galapagos National Park to effectively conserve giant tortoises by conducting cutting-edge applied science, and developing an inspirational tortoise-based outreach and education programme. Since 2009, the project team have been analysing the movements of giant tortoises by tracking them via satellite tags.

  3. Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Giant Tortoise Thought Extinct for 112 Years ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Chelonoidis niger chathamensis - Wikipedia

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    Chelonoidis niger chathamensis, commonly known as the Chatham Island giant tortoise or the San Cristóbal giant tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos.

  8. Giant tortoises successfully moved to Galapagos island - AOL

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    STORY: These giant tortoises arethriving on a Galapagos islandLocation: Santa Fe Island, Ecudaorsince being moved there in 2015to help ecological restorationGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY NGO DIRECTOR ...

  9. List of subspecies of Galápagos tortoise - Wikipedia

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    At least one authority has suggested merging C. n. vicina with C. n. microphyes, C. n. vandenburghi and C. n. guentheri as the southern Isabela tortoise (C. n. vicina), putting morphological differences down to geographic variation. [14] C. n. niger (L. 'black') Floreana Island giant tortoise. Conservation status Extinct [38] Quoy and Gaimard ...