Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs mango-pine

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Barringtonia
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mango-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 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.