Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Belomys pearsonii compared with Cladonia pleurota

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Belomys	Cladonia
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.