Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel vs Deviltree

Petaurista nobilis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Alstonia
Species	Petaurista nobilis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

The Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) is a species in the genus Petaurista. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.