Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs prairie spiderwort

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Tradescantia occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	prairie spiderwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Commelinaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Tradescantia
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Tradescantia occidentalis

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

prairie spiderwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	prairie spiderwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

prairie spiderwort

Habitat

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