Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Dendrogale melanura compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Ludwigia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 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.