Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Cornish heath

Dendrogale melanura compared with Erica vagans

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Cornish heath is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Cornish heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Erica
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Erica vagans

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Cornish heath

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Cornish heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cornish heath

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.