Drooping Tonguefern vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Elaphoglossum herminieri compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drooping Tonguefern	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Elaphoglossum	Urocitellus
Species	Elaphoglossum herminieri	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Drooping Tonguefern	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.