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Desert Tortoise

Desert Tortoise

A Mohave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) cruises through a stand of wildflowers at the Living Desert Reserve near Palm Springs, California, a leading center for desert education in southern California.

The tortoise has been listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service since April 1990 when populations were found to have delcined as much as 95 percent due to poaching, collection for pets, disease introduction and habitat loss and degradation.

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