Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Northern Raphia

Dendrogale melanura compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Northern Raphia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Raphia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.