Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Indian-laurel

Dendrogale melanura compared with Litsea glutinosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Indian-laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Litsea
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Litsea glutinosa

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Indian-laurel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa, and Taiwan.

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.