Ardilla Gris Oriental vs araticum-cortiça

Sciurus carolinensis compared with Annona glabra

Key Differences

• Ardilla Gris Oriental is Not Evaluated while araticum-cortiça is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ardilla Gris Oriental	araticum-cortiça
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Annonaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Annona
Species	Sciurus carolinensis	Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Ardilla Gris Oriental

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

araticum-cortiça

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ardilla Gris Oriental	araticum-cortiça
Diet	Omnivore	—
Average Lifespan	6 years	—
Average Length	25 cm	—
Average Weight	500 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (10 countries), and North America (Mexico, United States).

araticum-cortiça

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Ardilla Gris Oriental

O esquilo-cinzento-oriental (Sciurus carolinensis) é nativo do leste da América do Norte e foi introduzido em muitas regiões do mundo pela sua alta adaptabilidade a ambientes urbanos. Seu estado de conservação é de preocupação menor (LC), embora em países como o Reino Unido e a Itália seja considerado uma espécie invasora que ameaça o esquilo-vermelho nativo.