Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Panicled sandmallow

Idiurus macrotis compared with Sidastrum paniculatum

Key Differences

• Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while Panicled sandmallow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Panicled sandmallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Idiurus	Sidastrum
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Sidastrum paniculatum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Panicled sandmallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Panicled sandmallow
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.

Panicled sandmallow

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Spain), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Samoa), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).