Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel vs slender thistle

Petaurista magnificus compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel	slender thistle
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	Carduus
Species	Petaurista magnificus	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.