Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Tiny Fern-Moss

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Fissidens exiguus

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while Tiny Fern-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Tiny Fern-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fissidentaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Fissidens
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Fissidens exiguus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Tiny Fern-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Tiny Fern-Moss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny Fern-Moss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and United States.