Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Slash pine

Idiurus macrotis compared with Pinus elliottii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Anomaluridae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Idiurus	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Slash pine
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.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).