cheken vs Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

Luma chequen compared with Callosciurus erythraeus

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Myrtaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Luma	Callosciurus
Species	Luma chequen	Callosciurus erythraeus

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

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

Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Japan), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Argentina).

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.