The Galápagos tortoises remain the largest living tortoises.Īlbert Günther, who described Testudo abingdonii in 1877 Giant tortoises were once found on all of the continents except Australia and Antarctica. Lonesome George, along with other of the tortoises on Pinta Island, belonged to a species of 15 subspecies. Taxonomy Dead specimen collected in 1905–1906 The subspecies is classified as extinct on the IUCN Red List. As these specimens were juveniles, their parents might still be alive.
However, 17 first-generation hybrids were reported in 2012 from Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island during a trip by Yale University researchers.
Lonesome George died on 24 June 2012, and the subspecies was believed to have become extinct with his death. Efforts were made to mate the male, named Lonesome George, with other subspecies, but no viable eggs resulted. By the mid-20th century, the subspecies was assumed to be extinct until a single male was discovered on the island in 1971. By the end of the 19th century, most of the Pinta Island tortoises had been wiped out due to hunting. The subspecies was described by Albert Günther in 1877 after specimens arrived in London. The Pinta Island tortoise ( Chelonoidis niger abingdonii ), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise, Abingdon Island tortoise, or Abingdon Island giant tortoise, is an extinct subspecies of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador's Pinta Island. Geochelone nigra abingdonii Iverson, 1992.Geochelone elephantopus abingdonii Pritchard, 1967.Testudo elephantopus abingdonii Mertens & Wermuth, 1955.Map of the Galápagos Islands indicating species' locations
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