coral-bean vs Indochinese Ground Squirrel

Erythrina fusca compared with Menetes berdmorei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank coral-bean Indochinese Ground Squirrel
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Fabaceae Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus Erythrina Menetes
Species Erythrina fusca Menetes berdmorei

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Indochinese Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute coral-bean Indochinese Ground Squirrel
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Indochinese Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

No description available.

Indochinese Ground Squirrel

No description available.

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