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The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species. G. polyphemus is threatened by predation and habitat ...
In 2018, the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group recommended a re-assessment and re-classification of all six Gopherus species [22] This reclassification would move G. agassizii from Vulnerable (VU) to Critically Endangered (CR), G. berlandieri from Near Endangered (NE) to Near Threatened (NT), G. evgoodei from Near Endangered ...
The tortoise is unique in that, unlike mammoths, sabre-toothed cats and giant ground sloths, it is not extinct. The Turner Endangered Species Fund, who re-introduced the tortoise to New Mexico, has made it clear that the restoration of the tortoise to the Southwest is an endangered species recovery project and not a rewilding project, although ...
The only animal we have in the Southeast that digs a hole that deep is the gopher tortoise.” Sollenberger said conservation for the gopher tortoises and the indigo snakes go hand in hand.
Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) VU; Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) VU; Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) VU; Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) EN (Hawaiian subpopulation: LC; Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) CR; Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) CR
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The Texas tortoise, unlike other species of gopher tortoise, is not an adept burrower.Its preferred habitat is dry scrub and grasslands. Succulent plants, a preferred food of the Texas tortoise, are common in these areas.
San Cristobal giant tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis) Chaco tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis) Yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus) Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)