Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Stinking willie

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Jacobaea vulgaris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Stinking willie
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Urocitellus	Jacobaea
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Jacobaea vulgaris

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Stinking willie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Stinking willie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking willie

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).