Hare's-tail vs Red-Seeded Dandelion

Lagurus ovatus compared with Taraxacum erythrospermum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hare's-tail	Red-Seeded Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Lagurus	Taraxacum
Species	Lagurus ovatus	Taraxacum erythrospermum

Conservation Status

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Red-Seeded Dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hare's-tail	Red-Seeded Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

Red-Seeded Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Iceland, Japan, Norway, and United States.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇯🇵 Japan 🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States