golden draba vs Little Ground Squirrel

Draba aurea compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Key Differences

• golden draba is Not Evaluated while Little Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	golden draba	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Brassicales (Brassicales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Brassicaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Draba	Spermophilus
Species	Draba aurea	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

golden draba

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	golden draba	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

golden draba

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.