Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel vs Ear tree

Petaurista nobilis compared with Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel	Ear tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Enterolobium
Species	Petaurista nobilis	Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Conservation Status

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel	Ear tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.