Elephant Palm vs Pel s Scaly-tailed Squirrel

Borassus aethiopum compared with Anomalurus pelii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Pel s Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Anomaluridae
Genus	Borassus	Anomalurus
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Anomalurus pelii

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Pel s Scaly-tailed Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Pel s Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Pel s Scaly-tailed Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.