Gunpowder tree vs Mexican Fox Squirrel

Melochia umbellata compared with Sciurus nayaritensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gunpowder tree	Mexican Fox Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Malvaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Melochia	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Melochia umbellata	Sciurus nayaritensis

Conservation Status

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Fox Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gunpowder tree	Mexican Fox Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and United States.