Doum Palm vs Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Sciurus igniventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Northern Amazon Red 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	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Sciurus igniventris

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Northern Amazon Red 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.

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.