Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Twoparted Sedge

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Carex lachenalii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Twoparted Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Carex
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Carex lachenalii

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Twoparted Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Twoparted Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Twoparted Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.