Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs Water spangles

Sciurus igniventris compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Salvinia
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	Water spangles
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.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia