Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Sickle Medick

Belomys pearsonii compared with Medicago falcata

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Sickle Medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Belomys	Medicago
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Sickle Medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).