Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel. vs Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Anomalurus beecrofti compared with Opuntia strigil

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Anomalurus	Opuntia
Species	Anomalurus beecrofti	Opuntia strigil

Conservation Status

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

LC — Least Concern

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

The Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel. (Anomalurus beecrofti) is a species in the genus Anomalurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.