Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel vs Tickclover

Petaurista nobilis compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel	Tickclover
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	Desmodium
Species	Petaurista nobilis	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), 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.