Long-tailed Marmot vs

Marmota caudata compared with Neonectria punicea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Marmot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Nectriaceae
Genus	Marmota	Neonectria
Species	Marmota caudata	Neonectria punicea

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Marmot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Neonectria punicea is a pyrenomycete fungus in the family Nectriaceae, assessed as Least Concern (LC). It produces bright red or crimson perithecia on dead wood and bark of broadleaf trees. It is a saprotrophic fungus widely distributed in temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere.