Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs yellow willow

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Salix lutea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	yellow willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Salicaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Salix
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	yellow willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yellow willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.