Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Forest Num-num

Dendrogale melanura compared with Carissa bispinosa

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Forest Num-num is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Forest Num-num
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	Carissa
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Carissa bispinosa

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Forest Num-num

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Forest Num-num
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Num-num

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and India.

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.