Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Soapberry

Idiurus macrotis compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Soapberry
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	Sapindus
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Sapindus saponaria

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Soapberry
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.

Soapberry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).