Forest Giant Squirrel vs Smooth Stonewort

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Nitella flexilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Characeae
Genus	Protoxerus	Nitella
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	Smooth Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.