Floreana Island (Spanish: Isla Floreana) is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of 173 km2 (67 sq mi). It was...
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Galápagos tortoise (redirect from Floreana Island tortoise)
type subspecies of Galápagos tortoise) from Floreana Island and an undescribed subspecies from Santa Fe Island are known to have gone extinct in the mid-late...
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The Empress of Floreana is a 1934 silent adventure short film made on Floreana Island by a millionaire captain who originally came with a crew to visit...
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called Gardner Island. There is one island near Española, and one island near Floreana. Mosqua Island - Mosquera is one of the smallest islands in the archipelago...
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The Floreana giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger niger), also known as the Charles Island giant tortoise, is an extinct subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise...
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Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It was endemic to Floreana,...
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Medium tree finch (category Endemic birds of the Galápagos Islands)
family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands where it is only found on Floreana Island. Its name is derived from the fact that the bird's...
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Islands Bartolomé Island Baltra Island Darwin Island Española Island Fernandina Island Floreana Island Genovesa Island Isabela Island Marchena Island...
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transferred that name to what is now Floreana Island. Thinking Española undiscovered until that point, he renamed it Hood Island in 1793 in honor of Admiral Samuel...
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considered extinct as of June 24, 2012. The subspecies inhabiting Floreana Island (Chelonoidis niger niger) is thought to have been hunted to extinction...
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