false pepperwort vs Little Ground Squirrel

Marsilea crenata compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Marsileaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Marsilea	Spermophilus
Species	Marsilea crenata	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.