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19th century lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica

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Giant Jamaican Galliwasps were last confirmed alive in the 1800s.

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Shropshire Star

19th century lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica

A 170-year-old lizard specimen is to be returned to its Jamaican homeland from a Scottish university collection as part of reparatory justice moves.

15 days ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

19th century lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica

Giant Jamaican Galliwasps were last confirmed alive in the 1800s.

15 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

170-year-old lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica

Giant Jamaican galliwasps were last confirmed alive in the 1800s. Their disappearance was due to the sugar cane plantation economy, which led to a loss of natural habitat and introduced predators such as rats to the island.

15 days ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Record

Glasgow University to return extinct 170-year-old lizard specimen to Jamaica

The Jamaican Giant Galliwasp is thought to have been collected in the 1850s before becoming part of the University of Glasgow collections in 1888.

14 days ago·Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Noticias ao Minuto

Lagarto, 170, will be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica.

The exemplar of a 170-year-old Jamaican giant grasshopper will be repatriated to his country of origin from Scotland as part of the implementation of restorative justice measures. The animal, which belongs to a species considered extinct, will have been collected in the 1850s, integrating the collections of the University of Glasgow since 1888, according to the Sky News. The same means provided that a team from the University of Western India (U…

14 days ago·Portugal

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