Devil-thorn vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Echinocereus pseudopectinatus compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil-thorn	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Echinocereus	Urocitellus
Species	Echinocereus pseudopectinatus	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Devil-thorn

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil-thorn	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil-thorn

Habitat

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

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.