| Tamaulipan matorral | |
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 Tamaulipan matorral | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Nearctic |
| Biome | deserts and xeric shrublands |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 16,300 km2 (6,300 sq mi) |
| Country | Mexico |
| States | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered[2] |
| Global 200 | No[3] |
| Protected | 6.15%[1] |
The Tamaulipan matorral is an ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in northeastern Mexico. It is a transitional ecoregion between the Tamaulipan mezquital and the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests to the west and the Veracruz moist forests to the south.
The Tamaulipan matorral is a desert shrubland where the flora mainly consists of woody shrubs, small trees, cacti, and succulents. Piedmont scrub occurs in shallow hollows and montane chaparral occurs above about 1,700 m (5,600 ft). There are a number of resident bird species and the mammals include Mexican prairie dog, Saussure's shrew, yellow-faced pocket gopher, Allen's squirrel, collared peccary and coyote.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
dopawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Tamaulipan matorral". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ Olson, David M.; Eric Dinerstein (2002). "The Global 200: Priority Ecoregions for Global Conservation" (PDF). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 89 (2): 199–224. doi:10.2307/3298564. JSTOR 3298564.