attoto yam vs Gray-bellied Squirrel

Dioscorea cayenensis compared with Callosciurus caniceps

Key Differences

• attoto yam is Not Evaluated while Gray-bellied Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	attoto yam	Gray-bellied Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Dioscorea	Callosciurus
Species	Dioscorea cayenensis	Callosciurus caniceps

Conservation Status

attoto yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	attoto yam	Gray-bellied Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

attoto yam

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Panama), and South America (5 countries).

Gray-bellied Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

attoto yam

The Attoto yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.