Mexican Ground Squirrel vs summer pheasants-eye

Ictidomys mexicanus compared with Adonis aestivalis

Key Differences

• Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern while summer pheasants-eye is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Ground Squirrel	summer pheasants-eye
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	Ictidomys	Adonis
Species	Ictidomys mexicanus	Adonis aestivalis

Conservation Status

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

summer pheasants-eye

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Ground Squirrel	summer pheasants-eye
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

summer pheasants-eye

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (10 countries), and North America (United States).