Yes, the desert tortoise is a vegetarian, it eats only plants.
Honestly, do you really think that a tortoise eats other animals? Ask yourself, How would desert tortoise hunt and take down it's prey? It makes no sense.
Gila Monsters, Ravens, Roadrunners, Badgers, Kit Foxes, and Coyotes are all predators of the desert tortoise and all eat them too. pretty sad hey? :(
"The desert tortoise is a herbivore."
Oleander is highly toxic to nearly all animals, including tortoises.
A desert tortoise is a herbivore.
The desert tortoise is considered (2014) as a threatened species.
The desert tortoise is a native of parts of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts.
The desert tortoise spends nearly 95% of its life underground to avoid the heat.
Yes, a desert tortoise is a consumer as are all animals that live in the desert.
A desert tortoise would be a first level consumer.
Yes, there are desert tortoise.