ambreta vs Kinabalu Squirrel

Centaurea cyanus compared with Callosciurus baluensis

Key Differences

ambreta is Near Threatened while Kinabalu Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ambreta	Kinabalu Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Centaurea	Callosciurus
Species	Centaurea cyanus	Callosciurus baluensis

Conservation Status

ambreta

NT — Near Threatened

Kinabalu Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ambreta	Kinabalu Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

ambreta

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Nepal, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.