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Desert tortoise
Desert tortoise
(Gopherus agassizii)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Testudinidae
Genus
Gopherus
(1)
Size
Length: 15 – 36 cm
(2)
Weight
20 – 5000 g
(3)
Status
Classified as Vulnerable (VU – A1acde+2cde, E) on the IUCN Red List 2002
(1)
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