![]() ![]() Scientists discovered traces of at least two other tortoises that may be from Fernanda's species on the Fernandina Volcano during the expedition. "My team from the Park and Galápagos Conservancy are planning a series of major expeditions to return to Fernandina Island to search for additional tortoises beginning this September." "We desperately want to avoid the fate of Lonesome George," Danny Rueda Córdova, the director of the Galápagos National Park Directorate, said in the statement. He died in June 2012, at around 100 years old, bringing the end of his species despite breeding efforts, Live Science previously reported. The researchers are hoping to avoid what happened to the famous Lonesome George, a tortoise that was the last of another species called the Pinta Island tortoise ( Chelonoidis abingdoni). The last Pinta Tortoise, Lonesome George, died in managed care on 24 June 2012 No pure abingdonii individuals have been found Tortoises with up to 50 abingdonii genes have been found from Volcan Wolf (northern Isabella) Chelonoidis niger ( Chelonoidis elephantopus) (e xtinct, ca. "We now urgently need to complete the search of the island to find other tortoises." Giant Pinta tortoises on a neighboring Galapagos islandone of the 11 extinct-in-the-wild species. Lonesome George Was the Last Pinta Island Tortoise Pinta Island tortoise. James Gibbs, vice president of Science and Conservation at the Galápagos Conservancy and tortoise expert at the State University of New York, said in the statement. Lonesome George was the last known Pinta Island Tortoise, from the Galapagos Archipelago. last surviving tortoise on Pinta Island in the Galapagos. For more than three decades, the Galpagos National Park tried to save the Pinta subspecies by finding George a mate. Thought to be 100 years old, Lonesome George lived at the Charles Darwin Research Station since he was found in 1971. ![]() Rediscovering this lost species may have occurred just in the nick of time to save it," Dr. He was the last surviving land tortoise from Pinta Island, one of the northern islands in the Galpagos. "One of the greatest mysteries in Galápagos has been the Fernandina Island Giant Tortoise. ![]()
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