Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Obscure Cotoneaster

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Cotoneaster obscurus

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Obscure Cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Obscure Cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Urocitellus	Cotoneaster
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Cotoneaster obscurus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Obscure Cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Obscure Cotoneaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Obscure Cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.