Forest Giant Squirrel vs Yellow Prickle

Protoxerus stangeri compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Giant Squirrel	Yellow Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Rutaceae
Genus	Protoxerus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Protoxerus stangeri	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Forest Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Giant Squirrel	Yellow Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.