Goat's-beard vs Inornate Squirrel

Tragopogon pratensis compared with Callosciurus inornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goat's-beard	Inornate Squirrel
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	Callosciurus
Species	Tragopogon pratensis	Callosciurus inornatus

Conservation Status

Goat's-beard

LC — Least Concern

Inornate Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goat's-beard	Inornate Squirrel
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).

Inornate Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.