Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel. vs Moon cactus

Anomalurus beecrofti compared with Harrisia martinii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.	Moon cactus
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	Harrisia
Species	Anomalurus beecrofti	Harrisia martinii

Conservation Status

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

LC — Least Concern

Moon cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.	Moon cactus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moon cactus

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Namibia, South Africa, and United States.

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.