arrowhead vs Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

Sagittaria sagittifolia compared with Petaurista philippensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank arrowhead Indian Giant Flying Squirrel
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Alismatales (Alismatales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Alismataceae Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus Sagittaria Petaurista
Species Sagittaria sagittifolia Petaurista philippensis

Conservation Status

arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute arrowhead Indian Giant Flying Squirrel
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowhead

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji).

Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

arrowhead

The Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

No description available.

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