Button-Willow vs Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Cephalanthus occidentalis compared with Aeretes melanopterus

Key Differences

• Button-Willow is Least Concern while Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button-Willow	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rubiaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cephalanthus	Aeretes
Species	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Aeretes melanopterus

Conservation Status

Button-Willow

LC — Least Concern

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button-Willow	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button-Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button-Willow

The Button-Willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is a species in the genus Cephalanthus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.