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Abingdon Island Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis abingdoni (Günther, 1877) †

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Chelonia »  family Testudinidae - tortoises

Scientific synonyms

Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni (Günther, 1877)
Chelonoidis nigra duncanensis Garman, 1996
Chelonoidis nigra ephippium (Gunther, 1845)
Geochelone abingdoni
Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni
Geochelone elephantopus ephippium
Geochelone ephippium
Geochelone nigra abingdoni
Geochelone nigra abingdonii
Geochelone nigra duncanensis Garman, 1917

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Other names

= Abingdon Island Tortoise
= Duncan Island Giant Tortoise
= Duncan Island Tortoise
= Saddle Tortoise

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Chelonoidis abingdoni - Abingdon Island Giant Tortoise

Taxon in country check-lists*

Galápagos Islands†

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Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [9021] [as Chelonoidis nigra duncanensis (Garman in Pritchard, 1996)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2011/02/27
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [9017] [as Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni (Günther, 1877)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2011/02/27
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† extinct taxon

† species extinct in area described by check-list



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