Gray Marmot vs Red Wood

Marmota baibacina compared with Coccoloba swartzii

Key Differences

• Gray Marmot is Least Concern while Red Wood is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Marmot	Red Wood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Marmota	Coccoloba
Species	Marmota baibacina	Coccoloba swartzii

Conservation Status

Gray Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Red Wood

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Marmot	Red Wood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Wood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.