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- Giant_tortoise abstract "Giant Tortoise are characteristic reptiles that are found on two groups of tropical islands: the Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles and the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. These tortoises can weigh as much as 300 kg (660 lb) and can grow to be 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) long. Giant tortoises originally made their way to islands from the mainland; for example, Aldabra Atoll and Mascarenes giant tortoises are related to Madagascar tortoises while Galapagos giant tortoises are related to Ecuador mainland tortoises. This phenomenon of excessive growth is known as islands gigantism or insular gigantism. It occurs when the size of the animals (especially reptiles) that are isolated on an islands increases dramatically in comparison to their mainland relatives. This is due to several factors such as relaxed predation pressure, competitive release, or as an adaptation to increased environmental fluctuations on islands. These animals belong to an ancient group of reptiles, appearing about 250 million years ago. By the Upper Cretaceous, 70 or 80 million years ago, some had already become gigantic. About 1 million years ago tortoises reached the Galápagos Islands. Most of the gigantic species began to disappear about 100,000 years ago. Only 250 years ago there were at least 20 species and subspecies in islands of the Indian Ocean and 14 or 15 subspecies in the Galápagos Islands.".
- Giant_tortoise class Reptile.
- Giant_tortoise family Tortoise.
- Giant_tortoise kingdom Animal.
- Giant_tortoise order Cryptodira.
- Giant_tortoise order Turtle.
- Giant_tortoise phylum Chordate.
- Giant_tortoise thumbnail A._gigantea_Aldabra_Giant_Tortoise.jpg?width=300.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageExternalLink tortoise.htm.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageExternalLink tortoises.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageExternalLink 1118869034100.html.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageID "213329".
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageLength "29171".
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageOutDegree "117".
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageRevisionID "674689677".
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Adaptation.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Adwaita.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Ailments.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabra.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabra_giant_tortoise.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabrachelys.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabrachelys_abrupta.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabrachelys_gigantea_arnoldi.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabrachelys_gigantea_daudinii.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabrachelys_gigantea_hololissa.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Aldabrachelys_grandidieri.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Alipore_Zoological_Gardens.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Ancestor.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Archipelago.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Arid.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Atoll.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Australia_Zoo.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Beagle_(ship).
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Bladder.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Buccaneer.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Category:Tortoises.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Darwin.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chelonoidis.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chelonoidis_nigra.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chelonoidis_nigra_abingdonii.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Clutch.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Colossochelys_atlas.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Copulation.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Cryptodira.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Cylindraspis.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Dipsochelys.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Disease.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Domed_Mauritius_giant_tortoise.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Domed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Ecuador.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Extant.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Extinction.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Fertilisation.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Fertilize.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Fossil.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Galapagos_Islands.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Galapagos_giant_tortoise.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Galápagos.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Galápagos_Islands.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Galápagos_tortoise.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Grassland.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Grasslands.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Grazers.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Grazing.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Beagle.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Habitat.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Harriet_(tortoise).
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Herbivore.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Herbivorous.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Incubation_period.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Indian_Ocean.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Indonesia.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Island_gigantism.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Islet.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Islets.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Kolkata.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Late_Cretaceous.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Late_Pliocene.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Lonesome_George.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Madagascar.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Malta.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Mare_aux_Songes.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Mascarene_Islands.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Mascarenes.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Mating.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Mauritius.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Megalochelys_atlas.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Meiolania.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink National_Museum_of_Natural_History_(France).
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Nesting_ground.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Nostril.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Nostrils.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Opuntia_echios.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Piacenzian.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Pig.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Pigs.
- Giant_tortoise wikiPageWikiLink Pinta_Island_tortoise.