vs Long-tailed Marmot

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Marmota caudata

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Marmot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Long-tailed Marmot
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Limnothrix	Marmota
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Marmota caudata

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Long-tailed Marmot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Long-tailed Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.