Floating Bur-Reed vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Sparganium fluctuans compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Bur-Reed	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Typhaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Sparganium	Urocitellus
Species	Sparganium fluctuans	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Bur-Reed	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Bur-Reed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.