Gopher Tortoise (IMAGE)

University of Georgia

Gopher Tortoise

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Gopher tortoises are federally listed as a threatened species in the western part of their range and prefer open-canopied longleaf pine forests, which now cover only two percent of their historic range.

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Tracey Tuberville/University of Georgia

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