Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Mountain Dappled White

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Euchloe simplonia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Mountain Dappled White
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Pieridae
Genus	Urocitellus	Euchloe
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Euchloe simplonia

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel and Mountain Dappled White share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Dappled White

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Mountain Dappled White
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Dappled White

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Andorra, France, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.