Gray Marmot vs Tickclover

Marmota baibacina compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray Marmot Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Sciuridae (Squirrels) Fabaceae
Genus Marmota Desmodium
Species Marmota baibacina Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Gray Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray Marmot Tickclover
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray Marmot

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia