Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Mountain Ricegrass

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Piptatheropsis pungens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Mountain Ricegrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Urocitellus	Piptatheropsis
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Piptatheropsis pungens

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Ricegrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Ricegrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.