Chelonoidis sp. nov. 'Great Bahama Bank'
Great Bahama Bank giant tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: AD 1040–1220 (Steadman et al., 2019)
Distribution
Eleuthera & Jumentos Cays, Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Kehlmaier, Christian et al. (2021). Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises. Scientific Reports 11: 3224.
Steadman, David W. et al. (2019). The paleoecology and extinction of endemic tortoises in the Bahamian Archipelago. The Holocene. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619887412 [Abstract]