Leafless Ballart vs Little Ground Squirrel

Exocarpos aphyllus compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leafless Ballart	Little Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Santalales (Santalales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Santalaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Exocarpos	Spermophilus
Species	Exocarpos aphyllus	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

Leafless Ballart

LC — Least Concern

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leafless Ballart	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leafless Ballart

Habitat

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

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.