The Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard (Gallotia simonyi simonyi) was a subspecies of the El Hierro Giant Lizard (Gallotia simonyi). It was once present on the small offshore Roque Chico de Salmor of the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands (Spain). Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Procolophonia (extinct) Testudines Araeoscelidia (extinct) Avicephala (extinct) Younginiformes (extinct) Sauropterygia Ichthyosauria (extinct) Placodontia (extinct) Nothosauria (extinct) Plesiosauria (extinct) Sphenodontia Squamata Prolacertiformes (extinct) Archosauria Crurotarsi Order Aetosauria Order Phytosauria Order Rauisuchia Order Crocodilia Ornithodira Pterosauria (extinct) Marasuchus (extinct) Dinosauria (extinct) Order Saurischia Order Ornithischia Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals... Suborders Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Sauria- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. ... Groups Lepidosauromorpha Archosauromorpha Sauria is a clade of the reptilian family tree, that includes all living diapsids, as well as their common ancestor and all its extinct descendents, which date back to Permian times. ... Genera Many, see text. ... Genera Many, see text. ... Classification Genus Gallotia Gallotia atlantica Gallotia caesaris Gallotia galloti Gallotia gomerana Gallotia intermedia Gallotia simonyi Gallotia stehlini Categories: Stub | Wall lizards ... Trinomial nomenclature is a taxonomic naming system that extends the standard system of binomial nomenclature by adding a third taxon. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... In zoology, as in other branches of biology, subspecies is the rank immediately subordinate to a species. ... El Hierros western end was for long time considered the end of the known world by the Europeans El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (The Meridian Island), is a Spanish island. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

This subspecies was extirpated from the Roque Chico de Salmor in the 1930s through the overcollection of animals for scientific institutions and commercial interests. The Roque Chico de Salmor is now a protected area and the surviving subspecies, Gallotia simonyi machadoi (El Hierro Giant Lizard), was successfully introduced to the Roque Chico de Salmor in 1999.

References

• European Environment Agency. 2006. Species factsheet for . European Nature Information System (EUNIS). Downloaded on 18 May 2006.
• Maas, P.H.J. 2006. Extinctions in Europe. The Extinction Website. Downloaded on 18 May 2006.
• Mateo Miras, J.A. & Pérez-Mellado, V. 2005. Gallotia simonyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2006.

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See also

• List of extinct animals of Europe

The list of extinct animals in Europe features the animals that have become extinct on the European continent and some in some dependent territories of European countries. ...

External links

• The Extinction Website
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Gallotia simonyi