Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Wild Buttercup

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Ranunculus multifidus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Wild Buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Ranunculus
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Ranunculus multifidus

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Wild Buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Wild Buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.