Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Thread Weed

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Ulva compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Thread Weed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Ulvaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Ulva
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Ulva compressa

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Thread Weed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Thread Weed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thread Weed

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).