Blackboard Tree vs Red-bellied Squirrel

Alstonia scholaris compared with Sciurus aureogaster

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Red-bellied Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Alstonia	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Sciurus aureogaster

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Red-bellied Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Red-bellied Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Red-bellied Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.