Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Maydell's locoweed

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Oxytropis maydelliana

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Maydell's locoweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Maydell's locoweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Oxytropis
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Oxytropis maydelliana

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Maydell's locoweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Maydell's locoweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Maydell's locoweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.