Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs rock hakea

Idiurus macrotis compared with Hakea gibbosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	rock hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Proteaceae
Genus	Idiurus	Hakea
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Hakea gibbosa

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

rock hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	rock hakea
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.

rock hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Eswatini, New Zealand, and South Africa.