cow-itch vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Mucuna pruriens compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• cow-itch is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cow-itch	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Fabales (マメ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Mucuna	Ictidomys
Species	Mucuna pruriens	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

cow-itch

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cow-itch	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cow-itch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.