Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs slender draba

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Draba albertina

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while slender draba is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	slender draba
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Draba
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Draba albertina

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

slender draba

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	slender draba
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender draba

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.