Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Spiny Threadwort

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Cephaloziella spinigera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Spiny Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Cephaloziella
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Cephaloziella spinigera

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Spiny Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Spiny Threadwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spiny Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.