Buffalo Currant vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Ribes aureum compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• Buffalo Currant is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Currant	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Grossulariaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Ribes	Urocitellus
Species	Ribes aureum	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Buffalo Currant

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Currant	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buffalo Currant

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), and North America (United States).

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buffalo Currant

The Buffalo Currant (Ribes aureum) is a species in the genus Ribes. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.