Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Indian toothcup

Dendrogale melanura compared with Rotala indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Indian toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Rotala
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Rotala indica

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.