- Charles Darwin Foundation

Results

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Nesoryzomys narboroughi Heller, 1904

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Nesoryzomys fernandinae Hutterer & Hirsch, 1979

CDF Archive

Our History

Discover the Charles Darwin Foundation, established in 1959 to protect the Galapagos Islands' fragile ecosystem. As the oldest and largest science and conservation organization in the archipelago, our Research Station leads efforts to preserve this unique environment through groundbreaking research and conservation milestones.

Species Database Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Megaoryzomys curioi (Niethammer, 1964)

Species Database Chelonoidis abingdonii (Günther, 1877)

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Chelonoidis phantastica (Van Denburgh, 1914)

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Nesoryzomys swarthi Orr, 1938

Juan Manuel Garcia-CDF

Natural History Collections

The Charles Darwin Foundation is home to the largest Natural History Collections of endemic, native and introduced species of Galapagos in Ecuador, with more than 135,000 specimens and 7,500 species across four Collections: Marine, Vertebrate, Terrestrial Invertebrate and a Herbarium.