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Chelonoidis niger  (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1233203

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Geochelone nigra (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
  
  Common Name(s): Galápagos Giant Tortoise [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Batsch, 1788  
                                  FamilyTestudinidae Batsch, 1788 – Tortoises  
                                     SubfamilyTestudininae Batsch, 1788  
                                        GenusChelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835  
                                           SpeciesChelonoidis niger (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) – Galápagos Giant Tortoise  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger abingdonii (Günther, 1877) – Pinta Giant Tortoise, Abingdon Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger becki (Rothschild, 1901) – Volcán Wolf Giant Tortoise, Wolf Volcano Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger chathamensis (Van Denburgh, 1907) – San Crisóbal Giant Tortoise, Chatham Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger darwini (Van Denburgh, 1907) – Santiago Giant Tortoise, James Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger donfaustoi Poulakakis, Edwards and Caccone in Poulakakis et al., 2015 – Eastern Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise, Cerro Fatal Giant Tortoise, Don Fausto's Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger duncanensis (Pritchard, 1996) – Pinzón Giant Tortoise, Duncan Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger guntheri (Baur, 1889) – Sierra Negra Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1907) – Española Giant Tortoise, Hood Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger microphyes (Günther, 1875) – Tagus Cove Giant Tortoise, Darwin Volcano Giant Tortoise, Volcán Darwin Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger niger (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) – Floreana Giant Tortoise, Charles Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger phantasticus (Van Denburgh, 1907) – Fernandina Giant Tortoise, Narborough Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger porteri (Rothschild, 1903) – Western Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise, Indefatigable Island Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger vandenburghi (DeSola, 1930) – Volcán Alcedo Giant Tortoise, Alcedo Volcano Giant Tortoise 
                                              Subspecies Chelonoidis niger vicina (Günther, 1875) – Cerro Azul Giant Tortoise, Iguana Cove Giant Tortoise 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Chelonoidis niger, Galápagos Giant Tortoise [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: IUCN Red List: Extinct (EX) (van Dijk et al. 2017). CITES: Appendix I (1975) (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2021))  
 

 

    

 
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