Endangered species: Desert Tortoise
Scientific Name: Gopherus agassizii
Why organism is endangered: This organism is endangered due to human activity such as building. They are endangered due to disturbance, which is anything that is unusual in their daily ruitine. Even if u set a tent up for two days the tortoise would have been disturbed and not known what to do with itself. This is why the organism is endangered.
Population Estimate: There are 100,000 individual desert tortoises remaining in the Mojave
and Sonoran desert.
Scientific Name: Gopherus agassizii
Why organism is endangered: This organism is endangered due to human activity such as building. They are endangered due to disturbance, which is anything that is unusual in their daily ruitine. Even if u set a tent up for two days the tortoise would have been disturbed and not known what to do with itself. This is why the organism is endangered.
Population Estimate: There are 100,000 individual desert tortoises remaining in the Mojave
and Sonoran desert.