Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Red Alder

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Alnus rubra

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Red Alder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Red Alder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Betulaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Alnus
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Alnus rubra

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Red Alder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Red Alder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Alder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).