Black cumin vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Nigella sativa compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• Black cumin is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black cumin	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ranunculaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Nigella	Urocitellus
Species	Nigella sativa	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Black cumin

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black cumin	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black cumin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (18 countries), and North America (United States).

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black cumin

The Black cumin (Nigella sativa) is a species in the genus Nigella. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (18 countries), and North America (United States).