Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs mountain mare's-tail

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Hippuris montana

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while mountain mare's-tail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	mountain mare's-tail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Hippuris
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Hippuris montana

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

mountain mare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	mountain mare's-tail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain mare's-tail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.