Galapagos Giant Tortoise Chelonoidis nigra. Reptiles and mammals diverged from one another around 325 million years ago, during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed. No! Giant tortoises are reptiles in the order Testudines, whereas sloths are mammals in the order Pilosa.
In the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, there are two distinct types of Galápagos giant tortoises: domed tortoises and saddlebacks. The Aldabra giant tortoise is now found in the wild only in the Seychelles, although they used to be found on many islands in the western Indian Ocean. There are just two surviving species of giant tortoise: the Galápagos giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. But these slow and charismatic creatures might be more similar than you’d think.
Wait - we’re comparing a sloth with a reptile? It’s never been done before! What could a sloth possibly have in common with a reptile? On the face of it, there’s not much that a warm-blooded sloth could share with a cold-blooded reptile.
