Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Smooth Stonewort

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Nitella flexilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Characeae
Genus	Urocitellus	Nitella
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Smooth Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.