Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel. vs Poorland flatsedge

Anomalurus beecrofti compared with Cyperus compressus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.	Poorland flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Anomaluridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Anomalurus	Cyperus
Species	Anomalurus beecrofti	Cyperus compressus

Conservation Status

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

LC — Least Concern

Poorland flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.	Poorland flatsedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beecroft s Scaly-tailed Squirrel.

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poorland flatsedge

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.