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  2. List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene

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    Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Disappeared from the wild in the mid-19th century, though hybrids survive in captivity and in northern Isabela Island. Likely extinct due to hunting and the impact of introduced mammals including pigs , dogs , cats , goats, donkeys , cattle , black rats and house mice .

  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. Gomphrena rigida - Wikipedia

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    Gomphrena rigida, sometimes known as the Galapagos amaranth, was a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It was a shrub endemic to eastern Santiago Island the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is now extinct. It was driven to extinction by over-grazing by introduced goats, and was last collected in 1908. [1]

  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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    Spanish explorers, who discovered the islands in the 16th century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning "tortoise". [6] Galápagos tortoises are native to seven of the Galápagos Islands. Shell size and shape vary between subspecies and populations. On islands with humid highlands, the tortoises are larger, with domed shells and ...

  7. Floreana giant tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The Floreana giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger niger), also known as the Charles Island giant tortoise, is an extinct subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise endemic to the Galápagos archipelago in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean. The specific epithet niger (‘black’) probably refers to the colouration of the holotype specimen. [2]

  8. 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.

  9. San Cristóbal flycatcher - Wikipedia

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    A 2016 study suggests to reinstate the specific status for both Pyrocephalus dubius and the other Galápagos taxon Pyrocephalus nanus because of genetic divergence. [3] It is recognized as a species by some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union. Others still consider it to be a subspecies of the vermilion ...