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Map illustrating the location of the Galápagos Islands with respect to the South American coast. On the South American continent are depicted the three mainland Geochelone, from the top: G. denticulata, G. carbonaria, and G. chilensis. The enlarged area includes a map of the Galápagos Archipelago with the names of islands that have extant subspecies of tortoises. The sizes of the tortoises are in proportion to one another.
