False sicklepod vs Little Ground Squirrel

Senna multijuga compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False sicklepod	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Senna	Spermophilus
Species	Senna multijuga	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

False sicklepod

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False sicklepod	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False sicklepod

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (Portugal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).