Blowball vs Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Taraxacum officinale compared with Idiurus macrotis

Key Differences

• Blowball is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blowball	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Anomaluridae
Genus	Taraxacum	Idiurus
Species	Taraxacum officinale	Idiurus macrotis

Conservation Status

Blowball

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blowball	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blowball

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (5 countries).

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blowball

The Blowball (Taraxacum officinale) is a species in the genus Taraxacum. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Its geographic range includes Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (5 countries)..