Meseta Central matorral

Meseta Central matorral
Meseta Central matorral
	Municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (2003)
	Location map for the Meseta Central matorral
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	deserts and xeric shrublands
Borders	Central Mexican matorral; Chihuahuan Desert; Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests,; Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests;
Geography
Area	124,975 km2 (48,253 sq mi)
Countries	Mexico
States	Coahuila; Durango; Hidalgo; Nuevo León; Querétaro; San Luis Potosí; Tamaulipas; Zacatecas;
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Protected	2,534 km² (2%)

The Meseta Central matorral is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in north-central Mexico.

^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]