Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs River Maple

Idiurus macrotis compared with Acer saccharinum

Key Differences

• Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while River Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	River Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Idiurus	Acer
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Acer saccharinum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

River Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	River Maple
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.

River Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Ecuador).