Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Deviltree

Dendrogale melanura compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Alstonia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

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.

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.