Mexican Fox Squirrel vs Wild Potato Vine

Sciurus nayaritensis compared with Ipomoea tiliacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Fox Squirrel	Wild Potato Vine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Ipomoea
Species	Sciurus nayaritensis	Ipomoea tiliacea

Conservation Status

Mexican Fox Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Wild Potato Vine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Fox Squirrel	Wild Potato Vine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Fox Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Potato Vine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, and Sao Tome and Principe.