Flat Wrack vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Fucus spiralis compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat Wrack	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Chromista (Chromista)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fucales (Fucales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fucaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Fucus	Urocitellus
Species	Fucus spiralis	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat Wrack	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).