balão-rajado vs Forest Dormouse

Physalis angulata compared with Dryomys nitedula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank balão-rajado Forest Dormouse
Kingdom Plantae (plantas) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (cordados)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order Solanales (Solanales) Rodentia (Roedores)
Family Solanaceae Gliridae
Genus Physalis Dryomys
Species Physalis angulata Dryomys nitedula

Conservation Status

balão-rajado

LC — Least Concern

Forest Dormouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute balão-rajado Forest Dormouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

balão-rajado

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (41 countries), Asia (21 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Forest Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

balão-rajado

No description available.

Forest Dormouse

No description available.

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