Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs short-ray fleabane

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Erigeron lonchophyllus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	short-ray fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Petaurista	Erigeron
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Erigeron lonchophyllus

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

short-ray fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	short-ray fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

short-ray fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.