The current categorization of species of " Chelonoidis nigra " is shown below.
Pinz髇 is home to giant Gal醦agos tortoises of the endemic subspecies " Chelonoidis nigra duncanensis ", Gal醦agos sea lions and other endemic species.
The Gal醦agos Tortoise Chelonoidis nigra, The marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus, and many other photographs of the Galapagos Islands are in almost "'60 languages "'in Wikipedia.
The habitat for the Sierra Negra giant tortoise, " Chelonoidis nigra guentheri ", which has a saddleback shell, is on the southern and south eastern slopes of the volcano.
On 24 June 2012, Lonesome George, who was the last known Pinta Island tortoise ( " Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii " ), died in his habitat in the Gal醦agos Islands.
Until January 2011, George was penned with two females of the subspecies " Chelonoidis nigra becki " ( from the Wolf Volcano region of Isabela Island ), in the hope his genotype would be retained in any resulting progeny.
Since about 1850, no tortoises have been found on the island ( except for one or two introduced animals kept as pets by the locals ), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the Floreana tortoise ( " Chelonoidis elephantopus " sometimes called " Chelonoidis nigra " ) as extinct.