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  2. Desert tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.The species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, and to the Sinaloan thornscrub of northwestern Mexico. [4]

  3. Good news for desert tortoises: Stretch of Mojave Desert gets ...

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    A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military ...

  4. Sonoran Desert tortoise - Wikipedia

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    the Sonoran or Morafka's desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai); [8] found east of the Colorado River, primarily in the Arizona counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma. [9] Found in the Sonoran Desert, in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico.

  5. Mormon Mesa - Wikipedia

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    The 149,000 acres (60,000 ha) Mormon Mesa Desert Tortoise Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Mormon Mesa ACEC), protects habitat of the Desert tortoise, an endangered species. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Delamar Mountains Wilderness Area encompasses a portion of the Mormon Mesa Desert Tortoise ACEC. [ 2 ]

  6. Desert tortoises are out of hibernation and need homes. Here ...

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    Arizona Game and Fish has more than 100 captive tortoises that need homes. Here's why and everything you need to know about applying to adopt one.

  7. Baby desert tortoises come to Living Desert for ‘head start ...

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    About 40 desert tortoise hatchlings are at The Living Desert as part of a conservation effort. After months of care, they'll return to the wild.

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