Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs mat alumroot

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Heuchera cylindrica

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while mat alumroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	mat alumroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Saxifragaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Heuchera
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Heuchera cylindrica

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

mat alumroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	mat alumroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mat alumroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Sweden.