Doum Palm vs Indian Palm Squirrel

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Funambulus palmarum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Indian Palm 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	Funambulus
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Funambulus palmarum

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Indian Palm Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Indian Palm 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.

Indian Palm Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.