Black-Girdle Bulrush vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Scirpus atrocinctus compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Girdle Bulrush	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Scirpus	Urocitellus
Species	Scirpus atrocinctus	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Black-Girdle Bulrush

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Girdle Bulrush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, and United States.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-Girdle Bulrush

The Black-Girdle Bulrush (Scirpus atrocinctus) is a species in the genus Scirpus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.