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100-Year-Old Galápagos Tortoise Found on Fernandina Island is Indeed Member of Lost Species

[ad_1] Genetic testing has confirmed that a lone 100-year-old female giant tortoise found on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos is in fact the last known member of its species. Chelonoidis phantasticus, the Fernandina Giant Tortoise. View on Fernandina Island. CC license. Presumably extinct for 112 years, the Galapagos Conservation and the Galapagos National Park Directorate…