alpine cinquefoil vs Fiery Squirrel

Potentilla crantzii compared with Sciurus flammifer

Key Differences

• alpine cinquefoil is Least Concern while Fiery Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine cinquefoil	Fiery Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Potentilla	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Potentilla crantzii	Sciurus flammifer

Conservation Status

alpine cinquefoil

LC — Least Concern

Fiery Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine cinquefoil	Fiery Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine cinquefoil

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Fiery Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

alpine cinquefoil

The Alpine cinquefoil (Potentilla crantzii) is a species in the genus Potentilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.