Goatgrass vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Aegilops peregrina compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goatgrass	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	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Aegilops	Urocitellus
Species	Aegilops peregrina	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Goatgrass

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goatgrass

Habitat

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

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.