Black Flying Squirrel vs River Maple

Aeromys tephromelas compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

• Black Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while River Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Flying Squirrel	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Aeromys	Acer
Species	Aeromys tephromelas	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Black Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Flying Squirrel	River Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).

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.