Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Prickly Heath

Belomys pearsonii compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Ericaceae
Genus	Belomys	Gaultheria
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.