Bleeding-Heart vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Dicentra formosa compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

  • Bleeding-Heart is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bleeding-Heart Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Ranunculales (Ranunculales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Papaveraceae Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus Dicentra Ictidomys
Species Dicentra formosa Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Bleeding-Heart

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bleeding-Heart Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding-Heart

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (United States).

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bleeding-Heart

The Bleeding-Heart (Dicentra formosa) is a species in the genus Dicentra. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Mexican Ground Squirrel

No description available.

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