Forest Giant Squirrel vs Wire With

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Desmodium axillare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	Wire With
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	Desmodium
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Desmodium axillare

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Wire With

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	Wire With
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wire With

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.