Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Lime Bent-wing

Belomys pearsonii compared with Bucculatrix thoracella

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Lime Bent-wing is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Lime Bent-wing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Bucculatricidae
Genus	Belomys	Bucculatrix
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Bucculatrix thoracella

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel and Lime Bent-wing share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Lime Bent-wing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Lime Bent-wing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lime Bent-wing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.