Curran’s Pitogo vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Cycas curranii compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Key Differences

• Curran’s Pitogo is Critically Endangered while Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curran’s Pitogo	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cycadales (Cycadales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cycadaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cycas	Urocitellus
Species	Cycas curranii	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Curran’s Pitogo

CR — Critically Endangered

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curran’s Pitogo	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curran’s Pitogo

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.