Fern Palm vs Indian Giant Squirrel

Cycas revoluta compared with Ratufa indica

Key Differences

• Fern Palm is Not Evaluated while Indian Giant Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fern Palm	Indian Giant Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cycadales (Cycadales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cycadaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Cycas	Ratufa
Species	Cycas revoluta	Ratufa indica

Conservation Status

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Indian Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fern Palm	Indian Giant Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Indian Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.