Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs mouflon

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Ovis aries

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	mouflon
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Urocitellus	Ovis
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Ovis aries

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel and mouflon share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

mouflon

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mouflon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (7 countries).