Long-tailed Marmot vs snow buttercup

Marmota caudata compared with Ranunculus nivalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Marmot	snow 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	Marmota	Ranunculus
Species	Marmota caudata	Ranunculus nivalis

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

snow buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

snow buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.