five-leaf crotalaria vs Guianan Squirrel

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Sciurus aestuans

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Guianan Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Guianan Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.