Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel vs Silverleaf cotoneaster

Aeretes melanopterus compared with Cotoneaster pannosus

Key Differences

• Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened while Silverleaf cotoneaster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel	Silverleaf cotoneaster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Aeretes	Cotoneaster
Species	Aeretes melanopterus	Cotoneaster pannosus

Conservation Status

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

Silverleaf cotoneaster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel	Silverleaf cotoneaster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Uruguay).