Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs sika deer

Belomys pearsonii compared with Cervus nippon

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while sika deer is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	sika deer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Belomys	Cervus (True Deer)
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Cervus nippon

Evolutionary Relationship

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel and sika deer share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

sika deer

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	sika deer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sika deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Azerbaijan, Japan, Vietnam), Europe (22 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

sika deer

sika deer (Cervus nippon) is classified as Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List. Not yet evaluated against IUCN Red List criteria. Conservation status remains to be determined.