field locoweed vs Little Ground Squirrel

Oxytropis campestris compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	field locoweed	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	Oxytropis	Spermophilus
Species	Oxytropis campestris	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

field locoweed

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	field locoweed	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

field locoweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.