Mexican Ground Squirrel vs Spanish elm

Ictidomys mexicanus compared with Cordia alliodora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Ground Squirrel	Spanish elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cordiaceae
Genus	Ictidomys	Cordia
Species	Ictidomys mexicanus	Cordia alliodora

Conservation Status

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Spanish elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Ground Squirrel	Spanish elm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish elm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).