Ebony Cup vs Little Ground Squirrel

Pseudoplectania nigrella compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Cup	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sarcosomataceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Pseudoplectania	Spermophilus
Species	Pseudoplectania nigrella	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

Ebony Cup

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Cup	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.