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Extinct? Dead Wrong! Galapagos Turtle Species Rediscovered 115 Years After Dying Out

Extinct? Dead Wrong! Galapagos Turtle Species Rediscovered 115 Years After Dying Out
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Supposedly Extinct Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species Confirmed to Have Resurfaced in the Island

Ecuador confirms Galapagos tortoise is from species thought extinct

Ecuador confirms Galapagos tortoise is from species thought extinct AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Rodrigo BUENDIA A giant tortoise is seen at a breeding centre of Galapagos National Park in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos Islands, some 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, on April 15, 2021 Officials in Ecuador said Tuesday that genetic tests had confirmed that a turtle found in 2019 on the Galapagos island of Fernandina is a member a species thought to have gone extinct a century ago.  It was believed to have gone extinct more than 100 years ago! Environment Minister Gustavo Marique said in a statement.

The giant tortoise discovered in the Galapagos belongs to a species declared extinct

Archyde May 26, 2021 by archyde Ecuador confirmed Tuesday, after DNA analyzes, that the giant tortoise discovered in 2019 in the Galapagos archipelago does indeed belong to a species that experts have believed to be extinct for more than a century. “ It was believed to be extinct for over 100 years! We have confirmed its existence. The tortoise of the species Chelonoidis phantasticus was discovered in #Galapagos“, tweeted the Minister of the Environment, Gustavo Marique. In order to precisely determine its species, a team of geneticists from the American University of Yale compared the DNA of this female turtle found on Fernandina Island with that of a male, the last to have been recorded in the Galapagos in 1906. This specimen is now a museum piece and belongs to the California Academy of Sciences.

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