Forest Giant Squirrel vs Kola nut

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Cola nitida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	Kola nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Malvaceae
Genus	Protoxerus	Cola
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Cola nitida

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Kola nut

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	Kola nut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Kola nut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Burkina Faso, Guinea, India, and Seychelles.