Ardilla Gris Oriental vs Tree Jelly

Sciurus carolinensis compared with Collema subflaccidum

Key Differences

Ardilla Gris Oriental is Not Evaluated while Tree Jelly is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ardilla Gris Oriental	Tree Jelly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Collemataceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Collema
Species	Sciurus carolinensis	Collema subflaccidum

Conservation Status

Ardilla Gris Oriental

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Tree Jelly

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ardilla Gris Oriental	Tree Jelly
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).

Tree Jelly

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.