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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
Occurs in a broad range of habitats with a substrate of sandy soils, clays, gravel, or rocks. Vegetation is characterized by desert scrub, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, and Joshua tree.
Range:
This species is distributed throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, including parts of California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Sonora, Sinaloa, and the islands of Margarita and San Jose. Populations on these two islands were previously considered to be distinct species.
Conservation:
There are no known conservation measures specific to this species. However, there are several protected areas within its range.
Two subspecies do have conservation measures. D. m. parvis is a federal candidate taxon in the United States and a California Species of Special Concern, and D. m. collinus is also a federal candidate in the United States (Hafner et al. 1998).
Two subspecies do have conservation measures. D. m. parvis is a federal candidate taxon in the United States and a California Species of Special Concern, and D. m. collinus is also a federal candidate in the United States (Hafner et al. 1998).