Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Rough Hawkweed

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Hieracium scabrum

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Rough Hawkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Rough Hawkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Urocitellus	Hieracium
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Hieracium scabrum

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Rough Hawkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Rough Hawkweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rough Hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.