Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Slender-Stemmed Panicgrass

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Dichanthelium implicatum

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Slender-Stemmed Panicgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Slender-Stemmed Panicgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Urocitellus	Dichanthelium
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Dichanthelium implicatum

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Slender-Stemmed Panicgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Slender-Stemmed Panicgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender-Stemmed Panicgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.