Katung Fa vs Mentawai Squirrel

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Callosciurus melanogaster

Key Differences

Katung Fa is Least Concern while Mentawai Squirrel is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Mentawai Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Alstonia	Callosciurus
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Callosciurus melanogaster

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Mentawai Squirrel

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Mentawai Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.