Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs utile

Belomys pearsonii compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Meliaceae
Genus	Belomys	Entandrophragma
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.