Alashan Ground Squirrel vs amor-de-campo-sujo

Spermophilus alashanicus compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alashan Ground Squirrel	amor-de-campo-sujo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Spermophilus	Desmodium
Species	Spermophilus alashanicus	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Alashan Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

amor-de-campo-sujo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alashan Ground Squirrel	amor-de-campo-sujo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alashan Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

amor-de-campo-sujo

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Alashan Ground Squirrel

The Alashan Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus alashanicus) is a species in the genus Spermophilus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.