Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Regel's chickweed

Idiurus macrotis compared with Cerastium regelii

Key Differences

• Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while Regel's chickweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Regel's chickweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Idiurus	Cerastium
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Cerastium regelii

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Regel's chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Regel's chickweed
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.

Regel's chickweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.