Lonesome George

male Pinta Island tortoise and the last known individual of the subspecies
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Lonesome George

Summary

Lonesome George is a Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii[1]. Born in Pinta Island[2], it… it was born on +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. It died in Puerto Ayora[4]. It died on +2012-06-24T00:00:00Z[5]. It draws 580 Wikipedia views per month (chelonoidis_nigra_abingdonii category, ranking #1 of 1).[6]

Key Facts

  • Lonesome George was born in Pinta Island[2].
  • Lonesome George passed away in Puerto Ayora[4].
  • Lonesome George was born on +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Lonesome George died on +2012-06-24T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Lonesome George's image is recorded as Lonesome George (2009).jpg[7].
  • Lonesome George's image is recorded as Lonesome George in profile.png[8].
  • Lonesome George is recorded as male organism[9].
  • Lonesome George's instance of is recorded as Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii[10].
  • Lonesome George's instance of is recorded as individual animal[11].
  • Lonesome George's instance of is recorded as endling[12].
  • George Gobel is named after Lonesome George[13].
  • Lonesome George's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002000859[14].
  • Lonesome George's Commons category is recorded as Lonesome George[15].
  • The cause of death was cardiac arrest[16].
  • Lonesome George's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Lonesome George's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ll335x[18].
  • Lonesome George's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lonesome George[19].
  • Lonesome George's Commons gallery is recorded as Lonesome George[20].
  • Lonesome George's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[21].
  • Lonesome George's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "LonesomeGeorgeTheLastKnownPintaIslandTortoiseSubspeciesDies"][22].
  • Lonesome George's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as lonesome-george-charles-darwin-research-station-galapagos[23].
  • Lonesome George's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007530440305171[24].
  • Lonesome George's individual of taxon is recorded as Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii[25].
  • Lonesome George's Personality Database profile ID is recorded as 122550[26].
  • Lonesome George's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/f319dba6-f8ea-4a8c-ab03-2d477ca689ea[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Pinta Island[2], Lonesome George… it was born on +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Death and Burial

Lonesome George died on +2012-06-24T00:00:00Z[5]. It passed away in Puerto Ayora[4]. The cause of death was cardiac arrest[16].

Why It Matters

Lonesome George draws 580 Wikipedia views per month (chelonoidis_nigra_abingdonii category, ranking #1 of 1).[6] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Lonesome George born?

Lonesome George's place of birth was Pinta Island[2].

Where did Lonesome George die?

Lonesome George passed away in Puerto Ayora[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . galapagos.org. Retrieved . galapagos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . galapagos.org. Retrieved . galapagos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . cnn.com. Retrieved . cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . galapagos.org. Retrieved . galapagos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . elnuevodia.com. Retrieved . elnuevodia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . atlasobscura.com. Retrieved . atlasobscura.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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