Northern Amazon Red Squirrel vs yellowtop

Sciurus igniventris compared with Flaveria linearis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	yellowtop
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)	Flaveria
Species	Sciurus igniventris	Flaveria linearis

Conservation Status

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

yellowtop

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Amazon Red Squirrel	yellowtop
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.

yellowtop

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and Taiwan.