Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Heteranthera dubia compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Heteranthera	Urocitellus
Species	Heteranthera dubia	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

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.