Giant tortoise (disambiguation)

Giant tortoises are any of various large land tortoises

Giant tortoise or giant tortoises may also refer to:

• Galápagos giant tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra are a complex of the largest living species of tortoise.

Pinta giant tortoise or Pinta Island tortoise, Chelonoidis abingdonii, is a species of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador's Pinta Island that is most likely extinct since the death of Lonesome George

Volcán Wolf giant tortoise, Chelonoidis becki, is a species of Galápagos tortoise native to the north side of Ecuador's Isabela Island

Narborough Island giant tortoise or Fernandina Island tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus, is a species of Galápagos tortoise that was last seen in 1906, until a single female individual was rediscovered living on Fernandina Island in February 2019.

• Aldabrachelys, a genus of giant tortoises of the Seychelles and Madagascan radiations

†A. abrupta - Abrupt giant tortoise

†A. grandidieri - Grandidier's giant tortoise

Aldabra giant tortoise, A. gigantea with recognised subspecies:

A. g. arnoldi – Arnold's giant tortoise

†A. g. daudinii – Daudin's giant tortoise

A. g. gigantea – Aldabra giant tortoise

A. g. hololissa – Seychelles giant tortoise, the individual Jonathan being the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world

• †Cylindraspis an extinct genus of tortoise with the following species:

†C. indica, Réunion giant tortoise, from Réunion

†C. inepta, Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius

†C. peltastes, Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, from Rodrigues

†C. triserrata, Domed Mauritius giant tortoise, from Mauritius

†C. vosmaeri, Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, from Rodrigues

• †Tenerife giant tortoise, Centrochelys burchardi, a species of tortoise endemic to the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands
• †Gran Canaria giant tortoise, Centrochelys vulcanica, a species of tortoise endemic to the island of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands

• †Megalochelys atlas, an extinct species of giant tortoise, the largest known tortoise in the fossil record

• Yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus), also known as the Brazilian giant tortoise
• Bolson tortoise, (Gopherus flavomarginatus), also known as the Mexican giant tortoise

• Key: † indicates extinct.

See also

• †Archelon, the largest turtle ever to have been documented
• Largest prehistoric animals - turtles and tortoises section
• Largest reptiles - turtle section
• Large tortoiseshell, a species of butterfly
• All article titles containing the words 'Giant tortoise'

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