Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Redroot amaranth

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Amaranthus retroflexus

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Redroot amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Redroot amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Amaranthus
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Amaranthus retroflexus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Redroot amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Redroot amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Redroot amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (14 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).