Alpine Dock vs Little Ground Squirrel

Rumex alpinus compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Key Differences

• Alpine Dock is Not Evaluated while Little Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Dock	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polygonaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Rumex	Spermophilus
Species	Rumex alpinus	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

Alpine Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Dock	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.

Alpine Dock

The Alpine Dock (Rumex alpinus) is a species in the genus Rumex. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).