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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 ...
Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda. The tortoise is in captivity at the nearby wilderness center, but occasionally allowed to walk out front in the sun. The red coloring was apparently added by children of the tortoise's former owner. Date: 17 January 2010: Source: Own work: Author: Wknight94: Permission ...
Common Name Scientific name Distribution Mojave desert tortoise: Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1863) Endemic to USA. Mojave Desert in southeastern California, southern Nevada, and extreme southwestern Utah and northwest Arizona, north and west of the Colorado River. [10]: 3–4 p. Texas tortoise: Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857)
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Onthophagus polyphemi, known generally as the gopher tortoise onthophagus beetle or onthophagus tortoise commensal scarab, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Subspecies
gopher tortoise: Testudinidae: High Apalone ferox: Florida softshell turtle: Trionychidae: Moderate Apalone mutica: smooth softshell turtle: Trionychidae: Low Apalone spinifera: spiny softshell turtle: Trionychidae: Low Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata [10] Atlantic hawksbill: Cheloniidae: Highest/U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered [11]
Its name, Nokuse, is the Native American word for black bear in the Muscogee language, an umbrella species on the preserve. The reserve serves as a haven for the locally threatened gopher tortoise, an inhabitant of longleaf pine forests. [1] Tortoises recovered from local urbanised areas have been released into the reserve. [1]