Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Guiness Book of World Records Most Endangered Animal


"The Abingdon Island giant tortoise Geochelone elephantopus abingdoni is represented by a single living specimen, an aged male called `Lonesome George', making it the world's rarest reptile. With little hope of discovering another specimen, this particular subspecies of Galapagos giant tortoise is effectively extinct while still alive, unless cloning techniques can generate future replicas of George."

No longer with us.

"Most Endangered Animal." Guiness World Records. N.p., 2013. Web. 14 May 2013. <http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-12000/most-endangered-animal/>.


 

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