Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs long yam

Belomys pearsonii compared with Dioscorea transversa

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while long yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Belomys	Dioscorea
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.