Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs mountain thistle

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Acanthus montanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	mountain thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Acanthus
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Acanthus montanus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

mountain thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found in India.