Alashan Ground Squirrel vs Fragrant manjack

Spermophilus alashanicus compared with Cordia dichotoma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alashan Ground Squirrel	Fragrant manjack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Spermophilus	Cordia
Species	Spermophilus alashanicus	Cordia dichotoma

Conservation Status

Alashan Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alashan Ground Squirrel	Fragrant manjack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alashan Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Alashan Ground Squirrel

The Alashan Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus alashanicus) is a species in the genus Spermophilus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.