Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs

Sciurus igniventris compared with Physarum viride

Key Differences

• Northern Amazon Red Squirrel is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Physarales (Physarales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Physaraceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Physarum
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Physarum viride

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Physarum viride is a vibrantly coloured myxomycete (slime mould) producing small, bright yellow-green sporangia on decaying organic matter including dead wood, leaves, and litter in forest habitats. Like all Physarum species, it spends part of its life as a multinucleate plasmodium that creeps across substrates to engulf food particles. This species is found in moist woodlands across temperate and tropical zones.