[if lt IE 9]> <script> document.createElement('nav'); </script> <![endif] Open main menu β Search Edit this page Read in another language The Pinta Island tortoise [3] ( Chelonoidis abingdonii [2] [4] ), also known as the Pinta giant tortoise , [2] Abingdon Island tortoise , [1] or Abingdon Island giant tortoise , [2] is a species of Galápagos tortoise native to Ecuador 's Pinta Island that is probably extinct. [5] Pinta Island tortoise Lonesome George at the Charles Darwin Research Station in 2006, the last known individual of his species of Galápagos tortoise Conservation status Extinct ( IUCN 3.1 ) [1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Testudinidae Genus: Chelonoidis Species: C. abingdonii Binomial name Chelonoidis abingdonii ( Gün...