Black Flying Squirrel vs red-cedar

Aeromys tephromelas compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

• Black Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while red-cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Flying Squirrel	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Meliaceae
Genus	Aeromys	Trichilia
Species	Aeromys tephromelas	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Black Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Flying Squirrel	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.