Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs pliant lettuce

Idiurus macrotis compared with Lactuca viminea

Key Differences

• Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while pliant lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	pliant lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Anomaluridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Idiurus	Lactuca
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Lactuca viminea

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

pliant lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	pliant lettuce
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.

pliant lettuce

Habitat

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