Desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii Critically endangered
Where the desert tortoise lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 371 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See turtles & tortoises on the world map
| Scientific name | Gopherus agassizii |
|---|---|
| Group | Turtles & tortoises |
| Status | Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 1 country |
| Continents | North America |
| Class | Reptile |
| Order | Testudines |
| Family | Testudinidae |
Where does the desert tortoise live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the desert tortoise in 1 country or territory across North America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to United States.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the desert tortoise endangered?
The desert tortoise’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the desert tortoise?
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a reptile in the order Testudines and the family Testudinidae, genus Gopherus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the desert tortoise
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. G. agassizii is distributed in western Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. The specific name agassizii is in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Desert tortoise (revision 1367517014), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q914356 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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