Goat's-beard vs Gray Marmot

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Marmota baibacina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Gray Marmot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Tragopogon	Marmota
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Marmota baibacina

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Gray Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Gray Marmot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goat's-beard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Gray Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.