Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs cylindrical cone

Dendrogale melanura compared with Conus cylindraceus

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while cylindrical cone is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	cylindrical cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Tupaiidae	Conidae
Genus	Dendrogale	Conus
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Conus cylindraceus

Evolutionary Relationship

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew and cylindrical cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

cylindrical cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	cylindrical cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cylindrical cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Solomon Islands).

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.