Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel vs Finger Flatsedge

Petaurista xanthotis compared with Cyperus digitatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Finger Flatsedge
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Liliopsida (лилиопсиды)
Order	Rodentia (грызуны)	Poales (злакоцветные)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Petaurista	Cyperus
Species	Petaurista xanthotis	Cyperus digitatus

Conservation Status

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Finger Flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel	Finger Flatsedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Finger Flatsedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Guatemala), Oceania and the Pacific (Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

The Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species in the genus Petaurista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.