Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs pill sedge

Sciurus igniventris compared with Carex pilulifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	pill sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Carex
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Carex pilulifera

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

pill sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	pill sedge
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.

pill sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).