arrow-weed vs Little Ground Squirrel

Pluchea sericea compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrow-weed	Little 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	Pluchea	Spermophilus
Species	Pluchea sericea	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

arrow-weed

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrow-weed	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrow-weed

Habitat

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

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.

arrow-weed

The Arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.