Black-striped Squirrel vs Elephant Apple

Callosciurus nigrovittatus compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-striped Squirrel	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Callosciurus	Dillenia
Species	Callosciurus nigrovittatus	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Black-striped Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-striped Squirrel	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-striped Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Black-striped Squirrel

The Black-striped Squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) is a species in the genus Callosciurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.