Mexican Ground Squirrel vs screw-pine

Ictidomys mexicanus compared with Pandanus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Ground Squirrel	screw-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Pandanaceae
Genus	Ictidomys	Pandanus
Species	Ictidomys mexicanus	Pandanus spiralis

Conservation Status

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

screw-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Ground Squirrel	screw-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

screw-pine

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.