Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs Prickly moses

Sciurus igniventris compared with Acacia verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	Prickly moses
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Fabaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Acacia
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	Prickly moses
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.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).