North America's largest terrestrial tortoise, living in a region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the Bolson de Mapimi in north-central Mexico, where it digs deep burrows to escape the desert heat. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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System (Realm) Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Disputed
Population EstimateThe most recent published estimate is from 1991, based on data collected in 1983; no more recent census was found. Scientific NameGopherus flavomarginatus 1 Conservation StatusRecommended for reclassification from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered in 2018. Connections
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WikipediaLead section
It lives in a region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the Bolson de Mapimi, which is located in north-central Mexico.
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Conservation status section
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Population section
The most recent research, published in 1991 from data collected in 1983, estimates that fewer than 10,000 tortoises remain in the wild.
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North America's largest terrestrial tortoise, living in a region of the Chihuahuan Desert known as the Bolson de Mapimi in north-central Mexico, where it digs deep burrows to escape the desert heat.
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Open Question: Bolson Tortoise Population
The only published population estimate for the Bolson tortoise, fewer than 10,000 individuals, comes from research published in 1991 using data collected in 1983. No more recent field census of the wild population was found.
What would resolve this A current field survey of the Bolson de Mapimi population, comparable in method to the 1983 study, to establish whether the species has declined further since its 2018 uplisting to Critically Endangered.
Conservation BiologyBolson Tortoise (Wikipedia)
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