Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel vs yellow willow

Aeretes melanopterus compared with Salix lutea

Key Differences

• Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel is Near Threatened while yellow willow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel	yellow willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Salicaceae
Genus	Aeretes	Salix
Species	Aeretes melanopterus	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

NT — Near Threatened

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel	yellow willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yellow willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.