Bellyache bush vs Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Petaurista magnificus

Key Differences

• Bellyache bush is Not Evaluated while Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellyache bush	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Jatropha	Petaurista
Species	Jatropha gossypiifolia	Petaurista magnificus

Conservation Status

Bellyache bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellyache bush	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellyache bush

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (11 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bellyache bush

The Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.