Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs fern-leaf aralia

Dendrogale melanura compared with Polyscias cumingiana

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while fern-leaf aralia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	fern-leaf aralia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Polyscias
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Polyscias cumingiana

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

fern-leaf aralia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	fern-leaf aralia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fern-leaf aralia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (India), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.