Big Caltropa vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Kallstroemia maxima compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Caltropa	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Zygophyllaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Kallstroemia	Urocitellus
Species	Kallstroemia maxima	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Big Caltropa

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Caltropa	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Caltropa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big Caltropa

The Big Caltropa (Kallstroemia maxima) is a species in the genus Kallstroemia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.