Dudley'S Rush vs Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Juncus tenuis compared with Idiurus macrotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dudley'S Rush	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Juncaceae	Anomaluridae
Genus	Juncus	Idiurus
Species	Juncus tenuis	Idiurus macrotis

Conservation Status

Dudley'S Rush

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dudley'S Rush	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dudley'S Rush

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).