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Recently Which of the following giant tortoise species was discovered after a century?

A Centrochelys sulcata Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Gopherus agassizii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Pseudemydura umbrina Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Chelonoidis phantasticus Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

A giant tortoise, found alive in 2019, has been confirmed to belong to a Galápagos species long believed extinct. Named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island home, the tortoise is the first of her species, Chelonoidis phantasticus, to be identified in more than a century. Chelonoidis phantasticus means “fantastic giant tortoise”. Commonly called the Fernandina Island Galápagos giant tortoise, the species was so far known only from a single individual, collected in 1906.

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