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Giant tortoises have returned to Madagascar 600 years after they were wiped out.
Key Points:
- It is the second-largest species of land tortoise in the world, after the Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra).
- It can live for 100 years.
- Habitat: Endemic to Aldabra island, Seychelles.
- IUCN: Vulnerable
- CITES: Appendix II
