Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Tiny vetch

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Vicia hirsuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-tailed Ground Squirrel Tiny vetch
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Sciuridae (Squirrels) Fabaceae
Genus Urocitellus Vicia
Species Urocitellus undulatus Vicia hirsuta

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Tiny vetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-tailed Ground Squirrel Tiny vetch
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

No description available.

Tiny vetch

No description available.

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