Bachelor'S-Button vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Gomphrena globosa compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Bachelor'S-Button is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bachelor'S-Button	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Gomphrena	Ictidomys
Species	Gomphrena globosa	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Bachelor'S-Button

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bachelor'S-Button	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bachelor'S-Button

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bachelor'S-Button

The Bachelor'S-Button (Gomphrena globosa) is a species in the genus Gomphrena. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.