Endemic Species in Mexico: Desert Tortoise

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* Its colors are green and Brown, and its measures 40 cms.&nbsp;

* The carapace is found, which has grayish-brown or blackish-brown shields. Thus, the temperature of the shell is usually between 8 and 10 ° C higher than the body temperature.

* This shell protects the animal from&nbsp;predators but also from solar radiation.

* They exist more than 100 millon years ago.

* It can weigh 4 to 7 kgs when they are adults.

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They eat perennial or annual, barks, stems, fruits, flowers, shrubs, vines and grasses.

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