Ekouk vs Namdapha Flying Squirrel

Alstonia boonei compared with Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Key Differences

• Ekouk is Least Concern while Namdapha Flying Squirrel is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ekouk	Namdapha Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Alstonia	Biswamoyopterus
Species	Alstonia boonei	Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Conservation Status

Ekouk

LC — Least Concern

Namdapha Flying Squirrel

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ekouk	Namdapha Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ekouk

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Namdapha Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ekouk

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.