Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs snow buttercup

Belomys pearsonii compared with Ranunculus nivalis

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while snow buttercup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	snow buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Belomys	Ranunculus
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Ranunculus nivalis

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

snow buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	snow buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

snow buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.