Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Lantana

Dendrogale melanura compared with Lantana camara

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Lantana
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Lantana
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.