alpine bearberry vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Arctostaphylos alpinus compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• alpine bearberry is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine bearberry	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ericaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Urocitellus
Species	Arctostaphylos alpinus	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

alpine bearberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine bearberry	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine bearberry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Norway.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine bearberry

The Alpine bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpinus) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found in Norway.