Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs forest-oak

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Allocasuarina torulosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	forest-oak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Casuarinaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Allocasuarina
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Allocasuarina torulosa

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

forest-oak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	forest-oak
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

forest-oak

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and India.

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.