Button-Willow vs Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Cephalanthus occidentalis compared with Idiurus macrotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button-Willow	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Gentianales (Bộ Long đởm)	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family	Rubiaceae	Anomaluridae
Genus	Cephalanthus	Idiurus
Species	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Idiurus macrotis

Conservation Status

Button-Willow

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button-Willow	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button-Willow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button-Willow

The Button-Willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is a species in the genus Cephalanthus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.