Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel vs Indian fleabane

Petaurista magnificus compared with Pluchea indica

Key Differences

• Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while Indian fleabane is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel	Indian fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Petaurista	Pluchea
Species	Petaurista magnificus	Pluchea indica

Conservation Status

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Indian fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel	Indian fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries).