Forest Ironplum vs Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Drypetes gerrardii compared with Sciurus igniventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Ironplum	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Putranjivaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Drypetes	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Drypetes gerrardii	Sciurus igniventris

Conservation Status

Forest Ironplum

LC — Least Concern

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Ironplum	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Ironplum

Habitat

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

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.