Black fruited galanga vs Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

Alpinia nigra compared with Petaurista magnificus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Liliopsida (백합강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Zingiberales (생강목)	Rodentia (설치류)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Alpinia	Petaurista
Species	Alpinia nigra	Petaurista magnificus

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.