American Pumpkin vs Gray-bellied Squirrel

Cucurbita pepo compared with Callosciurus caniceps

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Gray-bellied Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	Gray-bellied Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cucurbita	Callosciurus
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Callosciurus caniceps

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	Gray-bellied Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray-bellied Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.