Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs ilima

Dendrogale melanura compared with Sida cordifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	ilima
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	Sida
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.