African Bean vs Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Faurea saligna compared with Belomys pearsonii

Key Differences

• African Bean is Least Concern while Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Bean	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Proteaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Faurea	Belomys
Species	Faurea saligna	Belomys pearsonii

Conservation Status

African Bean

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Bean	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Bean

Habitat

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

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Bean

The African Bean (Faurea saligna) is a species in the genus Faurea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.