Tamaulipan mezquital

Tamaulipan mezquital
Tamaulipan mezquital
	Tamaulipan thornscrub, Webb County, Texas, USA (10 June 2016)
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Biome	Deserts and xeric shrublands
Borders	List Chihuahuan Desert; East Central Texas forests; Edwards Plateau savanna; Tamaulipan matorral; Veracruz moist forests; Western Gulf coastal grasslands;
Bird species	340
Mammal species	90
Geography
Area	141,500 km2 (54,600 sq mi)
Countries	Mexico; United States;
States	Coahuila; Nuevo Leon; Tamaulipas; Texas;
Rivers	Rio Grande
Climate type	Hot semi-arid (BSh)
Conservation
Habitat loss	18.449%
Protected	0.68%

The Tamaulipan mezquital (Spanish: Mezquital Tamaulipeco), also known as the Brush Country, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It covers an area of 141,500 km² (54,600 sq mi),^[2] encompassing a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain in southern Texas, northern Tamaulipas, northeastern Coahuila, and part of Nuevo León.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.
^ "Tamaulipan mezquital". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-25.