Forest Giant Squirrel vs Gambia-pea

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Crotalaria goreensis

Key Differences

• Forest Giant Squirrel is Least Concern while Gambia-pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	Gambia-pea
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	Protoxerus	Crotalaria
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Crotalaria goreensis

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Gambia-pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	Gambia-pea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gambia-pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (India, Malaysia, Taiwan), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Guyana).