Key lime vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Key lime is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rutaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Citrus	Ictidomys
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.