Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Gunpowder tree

Dendrogale melanura compared with Melochia umbellata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Melochia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Melochia umbellata

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and United States.

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.