Jio vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Commelina benghalensis compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Jio Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom Plantae (thực vật) Animalia (động vật)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order Commelinales (Bộ Thài lài) Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family Commelinaceae Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus Commelina Urocitellus
Species Commelina benghalensis Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Jio Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jio

No description available.

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

No description available.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia