Blue Meadow Violet vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Viola nephrophylla compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Meadow Violet	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Violaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Viola	Urocitellus
Species	Viola nephrophylla	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Blue Meadow Violet

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Meadow Violet	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Meadow Violet

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blue Meadow Violet

The Blue Meadow Violet (Viola nephrophylla) is a species in the genus Viola. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.