Abert's Squirrel vs malva-branca

Sciurus aberti compared with Sida cordifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Abert's Squirrel	malva-branca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Malvaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Sida
Species	Sciurus aberti	Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Abert's Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

malva-branca

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Abert's Squirrel	malva-branca
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Abert's Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Abert's Squirrel

The Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) is a species in the genus Sciurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It typically inhabits diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.