Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs hooked-pepperwort

Dendrogale melanura compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Marsilea
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.