Moon Trefoil vs Pallid Ground Squirrel

Medicago arborea compared with Spermophilus pallidicauda

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Moon Trefoil	Pallid Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Medicago	Spermophilus
Species	Medicago arborea	Spermophilus pallidicauda

Conservation Status

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Pallid Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Moon Trefoil	Pallid Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Pallid Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.