Bog Chickweed vs Little Ground Squirrel

Stellaria alsine compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bog Chickweed	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Caryophyllaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Stellaria	Spermophilus
Species	Stellaria alsine	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

Bog Chickweed

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bog Chickweed	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bog Chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Chile).

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.

Bog Chickweed

The Bog Chickweed (Stellaria alsine) is a species in the genus Stellaria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland.