Doum Palm vs Forest Giant Squirrel

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Protoxerus stangeri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Forest Giant Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Hyphaene	Protoxerus
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Protoxerus stangeri

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Forest Giant Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.