Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel vs Variable flatsedge

Belomys pearsonii compared with Cyperus difformis

Key Differences

• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while Variable flatsedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	Variable flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Belomys	Cyperus
Species	Belomys pearsonii	Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Variable flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable flatsedge

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).