Jaggery palm vs Lord Derby s Scaly-tailed Squirrel

Caryota urens compared with Anomalurus derbianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jaggery palm	Lord Derby s Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Anomaluridae
Genus	Caryota	Anomalurus
Species	Caryota urens	Anomalurus derbianus

Conservation Status

Jaggery palm

LC — Least Concern

Lord Derby s Scaly-tailed Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jaggery palm	Lord Derby s Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jaggery palm

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Maldives, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).