Loblolly pine vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Pinus taeda compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Loblolly pine	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Coniferophyta (Conifers)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pinopsida (Conifers)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pinales (Pines & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pinaceae (Pine Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Pinus (Pines)	Urocitellus
Species	Pinus taeda	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Loblolly pine

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Loblolly pine	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Loblolly pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, Taiwan, Turkey), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Uruguay).