Mexican Fox Squirrel vs Silkrubber

Sciurus nayaritensis compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Fox Squirrel	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Funtumia
Species	Sciurus nayaritensis	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Mexican Fox Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Fox Squirrel	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Fox Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.