Galapagos giant tortoise

Add The Rapagos tortoise is the largest existing tortoise species, with 12 subspecies. However, no matter which subspecies, the number is very desolate, and two subspecies have also been determined to be extinct. The most regrettable one It was "Lonesome George" who died in 2012. His death attracted national attention and represented the death of the last tortoise of this subspecies.

Chinese name: Galapagos giant tortoise

< strong>English name: Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Latin name:Chelonoidis nigra, Geochelone nigra, Testudo nigra, Testudo elephantopus, Geochelone elephantopus, Chelonoidis elephantopus

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Protozoa

Order: Turtles

Suborder: Turtles

Family: Teruptidae

Genus: Telonidae

Species:Galapagos giant tortoise

Subspecies:12 subspecies

Named by:Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Conservation status: The Galapagos Islands have been protected by the Ecuadorian government and listed as a national garden and a world natural heritage.

The subspecies of the giant tortoises created in the Galapagos Islands are classified as follows:

G. n. abingdoni - Pinta Island (Pinta Island tortoise) (Destroyed, only the young male "Lonesome George" remained, died in 2012)

G. n. becki - Near the Wolf crater in the north of Isabela Island (Isabela Island tortoise)

G. n. chathamensis - San Cristobal Island (Chatham Islands tortoise)

G. n. darwini - Resort Island (James Island tortoise)

G. n. ephippium - Pinzon Island (Pinzon Island Tortoise)

G. n. guntheri - Isabela Island Negra Mountains (Isabela Island Tortoise)

G. n. hoodensis - Espanola Island (Hood Turtle)

G . n. microphyes - Near Darwin Crater, Isabela Island (Isabela Island Tortoise)

G. n. nigra - southwestern Isabela Island (Isabela Island tortoise) (extinct)

G. n. porteri - Santa Cruz Island (Santa Cruz Island tortoise)

G. n. phantastica - Fernandina Island (Fernandina Island tortoise) (extinct )

G. n. vandenburghi - Alcedo Crater, Isabela Island (Isabela Island Tortoise)

G. n. vicina - Cerro Azul crater, southern Isabela Island (Iguana Bay tortoise)

G. n. galapagoensis - (Challace Island mainland Turtle)

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