Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs Mountain Cherry

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Prunus prostrata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Mountain Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Petaurista	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Prunus prostrata

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Cherry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Mountain Cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain Cherry

Habitat

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

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.