large pheasant's-eye vs Little Ground Squirrel

Adonis flammea compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Key Differences

• large pheasant's-eye is Extinct while Little Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	large pheasant's-eye	Little 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	Adonis	Spermophilus
Species	Adonis flammea	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

large pheasant's-eye

EX — Extinct

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	large pheasant's-eye	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

large pheasant's-eye

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.