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Abington Island giant tortoiseGeochelone elephantopus abingdoni
Abington Island giant tortoiseGeochelone elephantopus abingdoni
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| The world's rarest living creative is the Abington Island giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni). An aged male name Lonesome George is the only remaining representative of this species. With virtually no hope of discovering another specimen, this articular subspecies is now effectively extinct..... |
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/emergenc...94/tortoise.htm
G. e. abingdoni
Formerly restricted to the southern slopes of Pinta (Abington Island) (3,10). Only one known individual is alive ("Lonesome George"), and is currently maintained at the Charles Darwin Research Station. This population was severely depleted by whalers and fishermen, and the introduction of goats in 1958 resulted in massive destruction of vegetation (12,14). Tortoise droppings, probably not more than a few years old, were found in the island in 1981, so there is a possibility that a second individual of this subspecies still exists (16). Further investigations are planned for 1982....
Archive Story from 2003
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/...7783349751.html
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further storys
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/Restoring/george.html
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/george.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/12/...e.ap/index.html
http://www.txtwriter.com/onscience/Article...somegeorge.html
http://www.bluesci.org/content/view/531/403/
