Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs red-cedar

Sciurus igniventris compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Meliaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Trichilia
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	red-cedar
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.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia