blackneck vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Lygephila pastinum compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blackneck	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Arthropoda (động vật Chân khớp)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Insecta (côn trùng)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Lepidoptera (bộ Cánh vảy)	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family	Erebidae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Lygephila	Urocitellus
Species	Lygephila pastinum	Urocitellus undulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

blackneck and Long-tailed Ground Squirrel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (động vật)

Conservation Status

blackneck

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

blackneck

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Cabo Verde, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

blackneck

The Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum) is a species in the genus Lygephila. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.