Fiery Squirrel vs five-leaf crotalaria

Sciurus flammifer compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Fiery Squirrel is Data Deficient while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fiery Squirrel	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Crotalaria
Species	Sciurus flammifer	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Fiery Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fiery Squirrel	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fiery Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).