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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:
This species can be found in desert shrub vegetation, in arid interior-desert region consisting mainly of rolling plains.
Scattered dome-shaped burrows with peripheral entrances are conspicuous on desert flats; these usually possess several entrances. Sometimes openings of burrows are conspicuous in banks shallow ditches along roadways; some mounds have as many as six entrances and are honeycombed with tunnels (Best 1988). Four females taken in July in different places have two embryos each (Best 1988).
Scattered dome-shaped burrows with peripheral entrances are conspicuous on desert flats; these usually possess several entrances. Sometimes openings of burrows are conspicuous in banks shallow ditches along roadways; some mounds have as many as six entrances and are honeycombed with tunnels (Best 1988). Four females taken in July in different places have two embryos each (Best 1988).
Range:
This species occurs in the Mexican Plateau from north Coahuila and south Chihuahua to north San Luis Potosi and south Nuevo Leon (Mexico) (Patton 2005).
Conservation:
There are no known conservation measures for this species. Several protected areas are located within its range.