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Diego in 2019 Detail of head, 2009. Diego is a Hood Island giant tortoise.Thought to have been hatched on Española Island, Galápagos, he was captured as a young adult and shipped to the United States where he was exhibited at zoos.
The Hood Island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger hoodensis) [1] is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Española Island in the Galápagos. Population history
Tortoise numbers declined from over 250,000 in the 16th century to a low of around 15,000 in the 1970s. [7] This decline was caused by overexploitation of the subspecies for meat and oil, habitat clearance for agriculture, and introduction of non-native animals to the islands, such as rats, goats, and pigs. The extinction of most giant tortoise ...
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Tortoises can vary in size with some species, such as the Galápagos giant tortoise, growing to more than 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) in length, whereas others like the Speckled cape tortoise have shells that measure only 6.8 centimetres (2.7 in) long. [2]
Espanola (Galápagos) travel guide from Wikivoyage; Espanola Island; Espanola wildlife and visitor sites Galapagosonline.com* Fauna at Gardner Bay; Rory Carroll (27 June 2010), "Galápagos giant tortoise saved from extinction by breeding programme: Reintroduction of species that Charles Darwin saw raises conservation hopes for other wildlife ...
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