Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Silverleaf cotoneaster

Idiurus macrotis compared with Cotoneaster pannosus

Key Differences

• Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel is Least Concern while Silverleaf cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Silverleaf cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Anomaluridae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Idiurus	Cotoneaster
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Cotoneaster pannosus

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Silverleaf cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Silverleaf cotoneaster
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.

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Uruguay).