Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Red Sumac

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Rhus glabra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Red Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Rhus
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Rhus glabra

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Red Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).