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I. Basic information

Chinese name: Galapagos tortoise, Pinta Island

Latin name: Chelonoidis abingdonii

English name: Pinta Giant Tortoise

Alternative names: Pinta Giant Tortoise, Abingdon Island Tortoise

Kingdom: Animal Kingdom

Department: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Reptiles

Subclass: Apocarpus

Order: Turtles

Suborder: Turtles

Family: Tortoise

Genus: Galapagos Tortoise

Species: Pinta Galapagos tortoise

Subspecies: no subspecies

II. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: The body length of the Galapagos tortoise on Pinta Island is about 1.2 meters, and the male weight can reach 300 kilograms. It is the largest tortoise, with a large head and a long neck.

2. Carapace: The center is high and raised, with 5 vertebral shields, 4 costal shields on each side, and the front and rear edges are serrated and raised upward.

3. Color: The carapace, limbs, and head and tail of the Pinta Galapagos tortoise are khaki to blue-black, and some individuals have irregular dark spots and wrinkled skin.

III. Living habits

1. Activity time: Galapagos tortoises on Pinta Island are warm-blooded animals and need to absorb the heat of the sun. It takes 1-2 hours to dry and 8-9 hours to forage. Most will walk in the morning and rest in the evening.

2. Rest mode: May roll in the mud formed by the rain on cool nights to protect the body from mosquito bites.

3. Eating habits: Galapagos tortoises on Pinta Island are herbivores, eating things including Galapagos cacti, grass, leaves, etc., and records that they will eat Guava. Their body's water intake comes mainly from dew and sap from plants, especially cacti.

4. Distribution range

Only distributed in Abingdon Island, also known as Pinta Island, in the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, South America.  

V. Conservation level

Included in the 2016 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Extinct (ex).

6. Related reports

On June 24, 2012, the death of Lonely George The only surviving member of the Tower Island Galapagos tortoise, whose death officially made the species extinct.

It was first seen on Pinta Island in the Galapagos Islands in 1974, and it soon became a symbol of animal protection on the islands. None of their eggs hatched and ended up dying at the Santa Cruz Center Breeding and Feeding Station at the Galapagos National Park Service.

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