In November 1999, scientists reported Lonesome George was "very closely related to tortoises" from Española Island (C. n. hoodensis) and San Cristóbal Island (C. n. chathamensis).
subspecies | Tortoise | Galápagos Islands | Tortoise (band) | Galapagos Islands | The Tortoise and the Hare | tortoise | Subspecies ''Parantica aglea melanoides'' on Indian Turnsole ''Heliotropium indicum | Subspecies | Black Tortoise | Tortoise Matsumoto | Subspecies of Galápagos tortoise | Red-footed tortoise | Ploughshare Tortoise ''(Astrochelys yniphora)'' | Galapagos Tortoise | Galapagos shark | Tortoise | Subspecies ''C. m. ardesiacus'', lithograph by Joseph Wolf | Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos) | Galápagos tortoise | galápagos tortoise | Galápagos Martin |