Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Northern Raphia

Idiurus macrotis compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Northern Raphia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Idiurus	Raphia
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Northern Raphia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.