Forest Giant Squirrel vs hairy willow

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Salix vestita

Key Differences

• Forest Giant Squirrel is Least Concern while hairy willow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	hairy willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Salicaceae
Genus	Protoxerus	Salix
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Salix vestita

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

hairy willow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	hairy willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hairy willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.