Desert Tortoise

Gopherus agassizii

The Desert Tortoise is a slow-moving herbivore of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. It spends most of its life in burrows to avoid temperature extremes. Threatened by habitat destruction and disease.

Habitat

Desert scrub, rocky slopes, and sandy washes in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts

Diet

Grasses, cacti, wildflowers, and desert shrubs

How common

Uncommon

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