blue mud-plantain vs Pallid Ground Squirrel

Heteranthera limosa compared with Spermophilus pallidicauda

Key Differences

• blue mud-plantain is Not Evaluated while Pallid Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blue mud-plantain	Pallid Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Heteranthera	Spermophilus
Species	Heteranthera limosa	Spermophilus pallidicauda

Conservation Status

blue mud-plantain

NE — Not Evaluated

Pallid Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blue mud-plantain	Pallid Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blue mud-plantain

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Pallid Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

blue mud-plantain

The Blue Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa) is a species in the genus Heteranthera. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.