Beach-Heath vs Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Hudsonia tomentosa compared with Belomys pearsonii

Key Differences

• Beach-Heath is Not Evaluated while Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-Heath	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cistaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Hudsonia	Belomys
Species	Hudsonia tomentosa	Belomys pearsonii

Conservation Status

Beach-Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-Heath	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beach-Heath

The Beach-Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa) is a species in the genus Hudsonia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.