The Volcán Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger becki), also known commonly as the Wolf Volcano giant tortoise and the Cape Berkeley giant tortoise, is...
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Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species, as well as two extant species with...
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since the death of Lonesome George Volcán Wolf giant tortoise, Chelonoidis becki, is a species of Galápagos tortoise native to the north side of Ecuador's...
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The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains...
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Wolf Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Wolf), also known as Mount Whiton, is the highest peak in the Galápagos Islands. It is situated on Isabela Island and reaches...
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Breeding back (section Galápagos giant tortoise)
genetically or mentally. In 2012, several hybrids of the Volcán Wolf and extinct Floreana giant tortoise subspecies were discovered on Isabela Island in the...
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Island tortoise (extinct as of 2012, but could be bred back from hybrids and/or persist as lone individuals) C. n. becki – Volcán Wolf giant tortoise C. n...
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are located in both the northern and southern hemispheres, with Volcán Wolf and Volcán Ecuador on Isla Isabela being directly on the equator. Española...
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species. In 2012, several hybrids between the subspecies with Volcán Wolf giant tortoises were discovered on Isabela Island, allowing for a revival of...
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assessed as vulnerable. Volcán Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis becki) Chaco tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis) Yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)...
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Chelonoidis niger (the Galápagos tortoise) is a tortoise species endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It includes at least 14, and possibly up to 16, subspecies...
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De-extinction (section Floreana giant tortoise)
decline. In 2012, Floreana and Volcán Wolf tortoise hybrids were discovered Isabela Island. Allegedly, these tortoises were imported or abandoned on the...
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giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger niger) is a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise endemic to Floreana Island, Ecuador. In 2012, Floreana and Volcán Wolf...
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named after him, including a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra becki from Volcán Wolf. A paper by Fellers examines all the known taxa named...
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Francisco, U.S.A.: American Geophysical Union. Retrieved June 17, 2013. "Giant tortoises safe as Galapagos volcano ends activity". Google News. AFP. June 3...
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and Attenborough's encounter with Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island tortoise, filmed a fortnight before the animal's death. In 2013 Attenborough narrated...
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Réunion giant tortoise by Johann David Schoepf (1792). Painting of great auks by John James Audubon (1827-1838). A drawing of a Falkland Islands wolf published...
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made the first human mission to lunar orbit (the first Earthlings, two tortoises, had circled the Moon three months earlier on the Soviet Union's Zond...
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(Elseya purvisi) Sicilian pond turtle (Emys trinacris) Forest hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys erosa) Alamos mud turtle (Kinosternon alamosae) Durango mud turtle...
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terrestrial tortoises and sea turtles like Hermann's tortoise, the spur-thighed tortoise, marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata sarda), Nabeul tortoise, loggerhead...
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Reichenbach (Baryte-quartz-cliff) Giant tortoise gneiss rocks (Böllstein) Granite rocks (Tromm) Reichenbach-Felsenmeer: The giant column (Riesensäule) is a workpiece...
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List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene (section Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines))
Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. A.G.J...
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Rodrigo B.; Schoch, Rainier R.; Schweigert, Günter; Stinnescbeck, Wolfgang; Wolf-Schwenniger, Karin; Ziegler, Reinhard (1 December 2016). "The Rauenberg fossil...
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Fuente, Derek (July 1992). "Línea directa... Gran Bretaña - Dwagons: Un volcán de emociones". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). No. 11. Hobby Press. p. 10....
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