Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Mountain Webcap

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Cortinarius alpinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Mountain Webcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Cortinarius
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Cortinarius alpinus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.