Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Western wallflower

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Erysimum capitatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Western wallflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Erysimum
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Erysimum capitatum

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Western wallflower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Western wallflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Western wallflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Mexico and United States.