Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs Elephant Apple

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Dillenia
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

The Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species in the genus Petaurista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.