Desert Tortoise
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Gopherus
Gopherus agassizii
The Desert Tortoise can be found in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of southern California, two of North America's four deserts. They inhabit semi-arid grasslands, gravelly desert washes and sandy canyon... More »
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Information about the desert tortoise from the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee. ... To read more about the desert tortoise in the wild click on the article titles listed below. You may also like to browse through the Special Reports and Occasional Papers on the DTPC Research Papers page and take the DTNA Virtual Field Trip.
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DTPC: Working to conserve the endangered desert tortoise by protecting the habitat it needs to survive. ... Desert Tortoise; Natural Area ... Desert tortoise in wildflowers...
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; The desert tortoise is a timid reptile that lives in sandy deserts (the Mojave and Sonoran) of southwestern North America. It can live from 50 to 80 years. It is listed as a threatened species.
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The Desert Tortoise,Gopherus agassizii, was listed as a threatened species April 2, 1990 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Populations have declined recently in many areas due to two main human attributable reasons: the direct loss of individuals and habitat degradation / fragmentation.
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Desert Tortoise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The desert tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The epithet agassizii is...
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