Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Short-fringed Mining Bee

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Andrena dorsata

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Short-fringed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Short-fringed Mining Bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Andrenidae
Genus	Urocitellus	Andrena
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Andrena dorsata

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel and Short-fringed Mining Bee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Short-fringed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Short-fringed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Short-fringed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Luxembourg, and Sweden.