Giant tortoise

For other uses, see Giant tortoise (disambiguation).

An Aldabra giant tortoise, an example of a giant tortoise.

Giant tortoises are any of several species of various large land tortoises, which include a number of extinct species,[1] as well as two extant species with multiple subspecies formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands.[2]

A Galápagos giant tortoise on Santa Cruz Island
  1. ^ James Gibbs, Linda Cayot, Washington Tapia Aguilera (7 November 2020). Galapagos Giant Tortoises. Elsevier Science. p. 30. ISBN 9780128175552.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Definition of giant tortoise". Merriam-Webster.