Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Silverleaf cotoneaster

Belomys pearsonii compared with Cotoneaster pannosus

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Silverleaf cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Silverleaf cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Belomys	Cotoneaster
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Cotoneaster pannosus

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Silverleaf cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Silverleaf cotoneaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Uruguay).