Black Flying Squirrel vs Prickly Heath

Aeromys tephromelas compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Black Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Flying Squirrel	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Ericaceae
Genus	Aeromys	Gaultheria
Species	Aeromys tephromelas	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Black Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Flying Squirrel	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

Black Flying Squirrel

The Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species in the genus Aeromys. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.