Lagos-rubber vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Funtumia africana compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Funtumia	Ictidomys
Species	Funtumia africana	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.