Cretan Hard-grass vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Aegilops caudata compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cretan Hard-grass	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Aegilops	Urocitellus
Species	Aegilops caudata	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Cretan Hard-grass

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cretan Hard-grass	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cretan Hard-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France and Mexico.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.