Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs Sweetscented marigold

Sciurus igniventris compared with Tagetes lucida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	Sweetscented marigold
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Tagetes
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Tagetes lucida

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Sweetscented marigold

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	Sweetscented marigold
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.

Sweetscented marigold

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), India, and United States.