Wata ƙungiyar masana kimiyya ta ƙasa ta gano sabon nau'in kunkuru mai girma wanda ke zaune a tsibirin Galapagos. An bayar da rahoton wannan ne a wani binciken da aka buga a shafin yanar gizon mujallar kimiyya PLOS One.
Sabuwar jinsin mai suna Chelonoidis donfaustoi don girmamawa ga Fausto Llerena, wanda ke lura da wakilin karshe na mambobin giwayen Abingdon, Lonely George.
An gano abubuwan ne ta hanyar amfani da bincike na DNA. Binciken, wanda aka yi a shekarar 2002, ya nuna cewa yawan jama’ar da aka yi la’akari da su sun kasance jinsin biyu. Akwai tsakanin irin wannan mutum 250 zuwa 300, in ji masanin kimiyar kasar Ecuadorial Washington Tapia, wanda ya halarci binciken.
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Da aka ba wa Chelonoidis donfaustoi, jimlar 11 na manya-manyan kunkuru yanzu suna zaune a cikin Galapagossa. A baya can, akwai mutane 15, amma 4 jinsin sun mutu. Irin wannan kunkuru galibi suna zaune ne a gabashin tsibirin Santa Cruz.
A watan Yulin 2015, bisa ga binciken da aka gudanar tsakanin masu karanta mujallar balaguro ta Amurka, dan kasar Ecuadori Galapagos Archipelago ya kasance kansilolin manyan tsibirai masu ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa ga masu yawon bude ido a duniya.
Tsibirin Galapagos mallakar jihar Ecuador ne, ya shahara saboda tsirrai da dabbobinsu na musamman, gami da kunkuru.
A shekara ta 1835, ɗan Ingilishi Charles Darwin ya ziyarci tsibirin. Abubuwan lura na musamman na duniyar duniyar ta wannan kusurwar duniya sunyi wahayi ne ga masanin dabi'ar Ingila da matafiyi don haɓaka ka'idar zaɓi na halitta da juyin halitta na iri.