Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs corn buttercup

Dendrogale melanura compared with Ranunculus arvensis

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while corn buttercup is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	corn buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Ranunculus
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Ranunculus arvensis

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

corn buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	corn buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

corn buttercup

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

The Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew (Dendrogale melanura) is a species in the genus Dendrogale. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.