Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Slash pine

Belomys pearsonii compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Slash pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Belomys	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Slash pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).