Five-leaflet Bitter-cress vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Cardamine pentaphyllos compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Five-leaflet Bitter-cress is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-leaflet Bitter-cress	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Brassicaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cardamine	Ictidomys
Species	Cardamine pentaphyllos	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Five-leaflet Bitter-cress

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Five-leaflet Bitter-cress	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-leaflet Bitter-cress

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Sweden.

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.