Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Sweetscented marigold

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Tagetes lucida

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Sweetscented marigold is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Sweetscented marigold
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	Tagetes
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Tagetes lucida

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Sweetscented marigold

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Sweetscented marigold
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetscented marigold

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), India, and United States.