{"id":18839,"date":"2026-10-09T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/?p=18839"},"modified":"2026-10-09T05:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:16:53","slug":"desaparecio-durante-mas-de-un-siglo-y-ahora-ha-vuelto-a-ser-encontrado-con-vida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/desaparecio-durante-mas-de-un-siglo-y-ahora-ha-vuelto-a-ser-encontrado-con-vida\/","title":{"rendered":"Desapareci\u00f3 durante m\u00e1s de un siglo y ahora ha vuelto a ser encontrado con vida"},"content":{"rendered":"

La <\/span>tortuga <\/strong><\/span>gigante <\/span>de <\/span><\/strong>Fernandina<\/strong> <\/span>(<\/span>Chelonoidis <\/span>phantasticus<\/span><\/em><\/span>), <\/span>considerada <\/span>posiblemente <\/span>extinta <\/span>durante <\/span>más <\/span>de <\/span>un <\/span>siglo, <\/span>fue <\/span>redescubierta <\/span>en <\/span>2019 <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>archipiélago <\/span>de <\/span>Galápagos, <\/span><\/strong>Ecuador<\/strong>. <\/span>El <\/span>hallazgo <\/span>se <\/span>produjo <\/span>cuando <\/span>una <\/span>expedición <\/span>encontró <\/span>a <\/span>Fernanda, <\/span>una <\/span>hembra <\/span>adulta, <\/span>en <\/span>una <\/span>zona <\/span>aislada <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>isla <\/span>Fernandina.<\/span><\/p>\n

En <\/span>1906, <\/span>una <\/span>expedición <\/span>había <\/span>recolectado <\/span>un <\/span>macho <\/span>de <\/span>esta <\/span>especie, <\/span>que <\/span>se <\/span>convirtió <\/span>durante <\/span>décadas <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>único <\/span>ejemplar <\/span>conocido. <\/span>La <\/span>falta <\/span>de <\/span>nuevos <\/span>registros <\/span>llevó <\/span>a <\/span>los <\/span>investigadores <\/span>a <\/span>considerar <\/span>que <\/span>la <\/span>tortuga <\/span>podría <\/span>haberse <\/span>extinguido.<\/span><\/p>\n

Una <\/span>especie <\/span>difícil <\/span>de <\/span>encontrar<\/span><\/h2>\n

Las <\/span>condiciones <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>isla <\/span>Fernandina, <\/span>caracterizada <\/span>por <\/span>su <\/span>actividad <\/span>volcánica <\/span>y <\/span>su <\/span>terreno <\/span>accidentado, <\/span>dificultaron <\/span>las <\/span>búsquedas <\/span>durante <\/span>años. <\/span>A <\/span>pesar <\/span>de <\/span>los <\/span>esfuerzos <\/span>de <\/span>los <\/span>investigadores, <\/span>no <\/span>se <\/span>habían <\/span>encontrado <\/span>otros <\/span>ejemplares <\/span>vivos.<\/span><\/p>\n

El hallazgo de Fernanda permitió retomar las investigaciones sobre la especie. Su identidad fue confirmada mediante análisis genéticos que compararon su ADN con el del ejemplar recolectado en 1906. La confirmación demostró que la especie aún sobrevivía.<\/p>\n

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Fernanda – Foto: Lucas Bustamante via CNN Brasil <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

El <\/span>desafío <\/span>de <\/span>conservar <\/span>la <\/span>tortuga <\/span>gigante<\/span><\/h2>\n

Tras <\/span>el <\/span>descubrimiento, <\/span>localizar <\/span>más <\/span>ejemplares <\/span>se <\/span>convirtió <\/span>en <\/span>una <\/span>prioridad <\/span>para <\/span>los <\/span>investigadores <\/span>y <\/span>los <\/span>guardaparques. <\/span>Encontrar <\/span>otros <\/span>individuos, <\/span>especialmente <\/span>un <\/span>macho, <\/span>sería <\/span>importante <\/span>para <\/span>evaluar <\/span>las <\/span>posibilidades <\/span>de <\/span>reproducción <\/span>y <\/span>conservación <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>especie.<\/span><\/p>\n

En <\/span>2022, <\/span>una <\/span>expedición <\/span>se <\/span>centró <\/span>en <\/span>buscar <\/span>más <\/span>tortugas <\/span><\/a>gigantes <\/span>de <\/span>Fernandina. <\/span>Sin <\/span>embargo, <\/span>la <\/span>presencia <\/span>de <\/span>Fernanda <\/span>por <\/span>sí <\/span>sola <\/span>no <\/span>garantiza <\/span>la <\/span>recuperación <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>población, <\/span>ya <\/span>que <\/span>todavía <\/span>se <\/span>desconoce <\/span>si <\/span>quedan <\/span>otros <\/span>ejemplares <\/span>vivos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Qué <\/span>se <\/span>sabe <\/span>sobre <\/span>el <\/span>futuro <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>especie<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fernanda <\/span>representa <\/span>una <\/span>oportunidad <\/span>para <\/span>profundizar <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>conocimiento <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>tortuga <\/span>gigante <\/span>de <\/span>Fernandina <\/span>y <\/span>estudiar <\/span>las <\/span>posibilidades <\/span>de <\/span>protegerla. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mientras <\/span>continúan <\/span>las <\/span>investigaciones, <\/span>la <\/span>búsqueda <\/span>de <\/span>otros <\/span>ejemplares <\/span>sigue <\/span>siendo <\/span>fundamental <\/span>para <\/span>determinar <\/span>el <\/span>estado <\/span>de <\/span>conservación <\/span>de <\/span>Chelonoidis <\/span>phantasticus<\/span><\/em><\/span>. <\/span>La <\/span>posibilidad <\/span>de <\/span>encontrar <\/span>más <\/span>individuos <\/span>podría <\/span>cambiar <\/span>las <\/span>perspectivas <\/span>para <\/span>la <\/span>supervivencia <\/span>de <\/span>esta <\/span>especie <\/span>de <\/span>Galápagos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La tortuga gigante de Fernandina (Chelonoidis phantasticus), considerada posiblemente extinta durante más de un siglo, fue redescubierta en 2019 en el archipiélago de Galápagos, Ecuador. El hallazgo se produjo cuando una expedición encontró a Fernanda, una hembra adulta, en una zona aislada de la isla Fernandina. En 1906, una expedición había recolectado un macho de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18879,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839\/revisions\/18879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vistazodiscover.audiencelabs.com.br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}