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Mojave versus Sonoran

Any differences? Size? Diet? Looks? Or pretty much just where they are from?

02-08-2008 06:28 PM
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RE: Mojave versus Sonoran

According to a paper written by Mike Connor of the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee, the only difference is in genotype or DNA:

http://www.tortoise.org/archives/agasdna.html

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02-09-2008 08:09 AM
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