five-leaf crotalaria vs Namdapha Flying Squirrel

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Key Differences

five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Namdapha Flying Squirrel is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Namdapha Flying 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	Biswamoyopterus
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Namdapha Flying Squirrel

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Namdapha Flying 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).