large pheasant's-eye vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Adonis flammea compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	large pheasant's-eye	Mexican 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	Ictidomys
Species	Adonis flammea	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

large pheasant's-eye

EX — Extinct

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	large pheasant's-eye	Mexican 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).

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.