Long-tailed Marmot vs wall scalewort

Marmota caudata compared with Porella platyphylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Marmot	wall scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Porellaceae
Genus	Marmota	Porella
Species	Marmota caudata	Porella platyphylla

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Marmot

LC — Least Concern

wall scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wall scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).