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33:Municipality of Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico (2003)
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45:Location map for the Meseta Central matorral
569:Barranca de Metztitlán Biosphere Reserve
120:124,975 km (48,253 sq mi)
97:Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests
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280:basin, which drains eastwards into the
681:Natural history of the Mexican Plateau
103:Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests
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16:Xeric shrubland ecoregion in Mexico
716:Natural history of San Luis PotosĂ
701:Natural history of Hidalgo (state)
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565:Sierra de Ă“rganos National Park
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721:Natural history of Tamaulipas
706:Natural history of Nuevo LeĂłn
385:Echinocactus horizonthalonius
726:Natural history of Zacatecas
711:Natural history of Querétaro
666:Deserts and xeric shrublands
581:List of ecoregions in Mexico
505:Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
434:Odocoileus hemionus eremicus
260:Most of the ecoregion is in
216:deserts and xeric shrublands
74:deserts and xeric shrublands
691:Natural history of Coahuila
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446:yellow-faced pocket gopher
391:Echinocereus conglomeratus
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274:San Pedro Mezquital River
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649:Terrestrial Ecoregions
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474:lesser long-nosed bat
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671:Ecoregions of Mexico
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545:Callipepla squamata
438:Mexican prairie dog
379:Opuntia engelmannii
192:Conservation status
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403:Erioneuron pilosum
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409:Flourensia cernua
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660:Categories
587:References
196:Vulnerable
172:Tamaulipas
157:Nuevo LeĂłn
297:Matehuala
293:Fresnillo
229:Geography
219:ecoregion
201:Protected
177:Zacatecas
162:Querétaro
125:Countries
112:Geography
575:See also
301:Rioverde
142:Coahuila
62:Nearctic
547:), and
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307:Climate
289:Durango
152:Hidalgo
147:Durango
80:Borders
51:Ecology
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422:coyote
388:, and
325:cactus
299:, and
223:Mexico
135:States
129:Mexico
416:Fauna
321:yucca
315:Flora
214:is a
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462:bats
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