Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs false pepperwort

Dendrogale melanura compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Marsilea
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.