Long-tailed Ground Squirrel vs Poison Sumac

Urocitellus undulatus compared with Toxicodendron vernix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Poison Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Urocitellus	Toxicodendron
Species	Urocitellus undulatus	Toxicodendron vernix

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Poison Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel	Poison Sumac
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poison Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.