Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs silk-floss tree

Belomys pearsonii compared with Ceiba speciosa

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while silk-floss tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	silk-floss tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Malvaceae
Genus	Belomys	Ceiba
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Ceiba speciosa

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

silk-floss tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	silk-floss tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silk-floss tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Turkey.