five-leaf crotalaria vs Mentawai Squirrel

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Callosciurus melanogaster

Key Differences

five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Mentawai Squirrel is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Mentawai 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	Callosciurus
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Callosciurus melanogaster

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Mentawai Squirrel

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Mentawai 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).