Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs mountain-pepper

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Litsea cubeba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	mountain-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Lauraceae
Genus	Petaurista	Litsea
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Litsea cubeba

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

mountain-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	mountain-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.