Burmese fishtail palm vs Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Caryota mitis compared with Idiurus macrotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burmese fishtail palm	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Anomaluridae
Genus	Caryota	Idiurus
Species	Caryota mitis	Idiurus macrotis

Conservation Status

Burmese fishtail palm

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burmese fishtail palm	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burmese fishtail palm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Burmese fishtail palm

The Burmese fishtail palm (Caryota mitis) is a species in the genus Caryota. 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.