Ardilla Gris Oriental vs Downy Emerald

Sciurus carolinensis compared with Cordulia aenea

Key Differences

• Ardilla Gris Oriental is Not Evaluated while Downy Emerald is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ardilla Gris Oriental	Downy Emerald
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Corduliidae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Cordulia
Species	Sciurus carolinensis	Cordulia aenea

Evolutionary Relationship

Ardilla Gris Oriental and Downy Emerald share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ardilla Gris Oriental

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Downy Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ardilla Gris Oriental	Downy Emerald
Diet	Omnivore	—
Average Lifespan	6 years	—
Average Length	25 cm	—
Average Weight	500 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (10 countries), and North America (Mexico, United States).

Downy Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Native to eastern North America but successfully introduced to Europe and other regions, the eastern gray squirrel is a medium-sized arboreal rodent weighing up to 600 g. Highly adaptable, thriving in forests, parks, and urban gardens, gray squirrels cache thousands of nuts and seeds each autumn, inadvertently planting trees through forgotten caches. In Britain, they have largely displaced the native red squirrel by outcompeting them for food.

Downy Emerald

Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden