alpine groundsel vs Daurian Ground Squirrel

Packera pauciflora compared with Spermophilus dauricus

Key Differences

• alpine groundsel is Not Evaluated while Daurian Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine groundsel	Daurian Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Packera	Spermophilus
Species	Packera pauciflora	Spermophilus dauricus

Conservation Status

alpine groundsel

NE — Not Evaluated

Daurian Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine groundsel	Daurian Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine groundsel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

Daurian Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

alpine groundsel

The Alpine groundsel (Packera pauciflora) is a species in the genus Packera. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada and Norway.