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Chelonoidis vicina  (Günther, 1875)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 949456

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Testudo microphyes Günther, 1875
  
    Testudo vicina Günther, 1875
  
    Testudo guentheri Baur, 1889
  
    Testudo macrophyes Garman, 1917
  
    Testudo vandenburghi DeSola, 1930
  
  Common Name(s): Southern Isabela Giant Tortoise [English]
  
    Albemarle Island Giant Tortoise [English]
  
       
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  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, 1868  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826  
                                  FamilyTestudinidae Batsch, 1788 – Tortoises  
                                     GenusChelonoidis Fitzinger, 1835  
                                        SpeciesChelonoidis vicina (Günther, 1875) – Southern Isabela Giant Tortoise, Albemarle Island Giant Tortoise  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Chelonoidis vicina, Albemarle Island Giant Tortoise [English], Southern Isabela Giant Tortoise [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: IUCN: Endangered C2a (1996), as Chelonoidis nigra vicina; includes synonymized C. n. guentheri (Endangered C2a [1996]), C. n. microphyes (Vulnerable D1+2 [1996]), and C. n. vandenburghi (Vulnerable D2 [1996]); TFTSG Draft 2012: Global: Endangered; Regional subpopulation (microphyes): Endangered; Regional subpopulation (vandenburghi): Vulnerable; CITES: Appendix I, as Chelonoidis nigra  
 

 

    

 
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