Fiddlewood vs Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Vitex gaumeri compared with Sciurus igniventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiddlewood	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lamiaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Vitex	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Vitex gaumeri	Sciurus igniventris

Conservation Status

Fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiddlewood	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiddlewood

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia