La pusieron a aparearse cuando sólo quedaban 15 especímenes. In the mid-1960s, Diego … His considerable effort helped his species, known scientifically as Chelonoidis hoodensis, rebound to a population of 2,000. On June 15, the Galápagos National Park organized the release into the wild of Diego and other 14 giant tortoises, which had been part of a breeding programme that started in the 60s to recover the Chelonoidis hoodensis population in Española Island, … At one point, Diego was one of the last two males of the Chelonoidis hoodensis of Espanola Island in the Galapagos. Diego, a tortoise of the endangered Chelonoidis hoodensis subspecies from Espanola Island, is seen in a breeding centre at the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelago, located some 1,000 km off Ecuador's coast, on February 27, 2019. To save his species, Chelonoidis hoodensis, Diego was brought in from California's San Diego Zoo to take part in a breeding programme. Diego is a Chelonoidis hoodensis, a species of Galapagos tortoise found in the wild only on Espanola. However, since a captive breeding program began nearly half a century ago with the last dozen females of the species, some 2,000 tortoises have been brought back to the island, AFP reported. Diego, a tortoise of the endangered Chelonoidis hoodensis subspecies from Espanola Island, is seen in a breeding center at the Galapagos National …
Diego is a Chelonoidis hoodensis, a species found in the wild only on Espanola. Chelonoidis nigra (the Galápagos tortoise) is a tortoise species complex endemic to the Galápagos Islands.It includes at least 13, and possibly up to 16, species. His considerable effort helped his species, known scientifically as Chelonoidis hoodensis, rebound to a population of 2,000. Diego, de más de 100 años, comenzó a procrear en 1976 y logró que la población de … Diego will soon be returned to his home in Española Island, from where he was taken around 80 years ago. A Chelonoidis hoodensis tortoise, Diego, was part of a 40-year captive breeding program under the GTRI initiative that was conducted by the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD) and Galapagos Conservancy. A member of the Chelonoidis hoodensis, or the giant tortoise species, Diego has spent much of his long life — he is 100 years old — in saving his kind. Entonces, tomaron los ejemplares de Chelonoidis hoodensis que quedaban en la isla Española, e iniciaron un programa de reproducción y crianza en cautiverio. At one point, Diego was one of the last two males of the Chelonoidis hoodensis of Espanola Island in the Galapagos. Diego, an Española tortoise, or Chelonoidis hoodensis, is native to Española Island, part of the famed archipelago studied by Charles Darwin. However, since a captive breeding program began nearly half a century ago with the last dozen females of the species, some 2,000 tortoises have been brought back to the island, AFP reported. Diego was brought in from California's San Diego Zoo to join the breeding program which was set up in the mid-1960s to save his species, Chelonoidis hoodensis. El quelonio tuvo 800 crias y ahora el 40% de las tortugas Chelonoidis hoodensis son de su descendencia.