Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Ferny Azolla

Dendrogale melanura compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Azolla
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.