Gopher Tortoise is a terrestrial tortoise native to the sandy, well-drained soils of the southeastern United States and the only living tortoise species found east of the Mississippi River. It is considered a keystone species because the burrows it digs provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species, including the eastern indigo snake, and the IUCN lists it as critically endangered due to habitat fragmentation and loss.
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1. Wikipedia: Gopher Tortoise
Wikipedialead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 325715
The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species.
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Gopher tortoises have been kept as pets, preventing them from reproducing in their local populations.
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status = CR
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3. Gopher Tortoise (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q914338 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
- Child Taxon Of: Gopherus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1012045 (Gopherus)
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