Ua loaʻa ka hui o nā hui kuʻepekema i kahi ʻano hou o ka mauu nunui e noho ana i ka mokupuni ʻo Galapagos. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia ma kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka pūnaewele o ka nū puke ʻepekema PLOS Hoʻokahi.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Kelonoidis donfaustoi ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Fausto Llerena, ka mea i nānā ma hope o ka hui o nā subspecies o ka ʻuā elephin Abingdon, Lonely George.
Ua loaʻa ka loaʻa ʻana me ka hana loiloi DNA. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻi mai i ka makahiki 2002, hōʻike ʻo ia i nā lehulehu i manaʻo ʻia he ʻano ʻelua. Aia ma waena o 250 a 300 mau mau poʻe like, e like me ka ʻekepekema o ʻEkuadador ʻo Washington Tapia, i komo i ka hoʻopaʻa haʻawina.
Haleʻaiʻai lumi
Hāʻawi ʻia i ka donfaustoi Chelonoidis, he 11 mau ʻano nui o ka nui o ka mauka nunui e noho nei i Galapagossa. I ka wā ma mua he 15, akā ua lilo nā 4 mau mea i hala. Noho ʻo ia mau ʻōla i ka hikina o ka mokupuni o Santa Cruz.
I Iulai Iulai 2015, e like me kahi loiloi i alakaʻi ʻia i waena o nā mea heluhelu o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi moʻAmelika, ua kiʻekiʻe ʻo Ecuadorian Galapagos Archipelago i ka ʻoihana o nā mokupuni maikaʻi loa a maikaʻi hoʻi no nā mākaʻikaʻi o ka honua.
No ka mokuʻāina ʻo Galapagos ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻEkuador, he mea kaulana no kā lākou mea kanu ponoʻī a me nā holoholona, e komo pū ai i nā honu nui.
I ka makahiki 1835, ua kipa ʻia nā mokupuni ʻo ʻEnelani iā Charles Darwin. ʻO ka nānā o ke ao kūlohelohe o kēia kihi o ka honua ka mea i paipai i ka mea Pelekane maoli a me ka mea hele e hoʻomohala i ka manaʻo o ke koho kūlohelohe a me ka hoʻomohala o nā ʻano.