Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Fiddlewood

Dendrogale melanura compared with Vitex gaumeri

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Fiddlewood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Vitex
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Vitex gaumeri

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fiddlewood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.