Hepatica vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Hepatica nobilis compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hepatica	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ranunculaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Hepatica	Urocitellus
Species	Hepatica nobilis	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Hepatica

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hepatica	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hepatica

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (United States).

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.