Mexican Fox Squirrel vs sugar-plum

Sciurus nayaritensis compared with Uapaca guineensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Fox Squirrel	sugar-plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Phyllanthaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Uapaca
Species	Sciurus nayaritensis	Uapaca guineensis

Conservation Status

Mexican Fox Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

sugar-plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Fox Squirrel	sugar-plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Fox Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sugar-plum

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.