Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs lesser mouse-deer

Dendrogale melanura compared with Tragulus kanchil

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while lesser mouse-deer is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	lesser mouse-deer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Tupaiidae	Tragulidae
Genus	Dendrogale	Tragulus
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Tragulus kanchil

Evolutionary Relationship

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew and lesser mouse-deer share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

lesser mouse-deer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	lesser mouse-deer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lesser mouse-deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.