Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Poison devil's-pepper

Dendrogale melanura compared with Rauvolfia vomitoria

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Poison devil's-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Poison devil's-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Rauvolfia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Rauvolfia vomitoria

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Poison devil's-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Poison devil's-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poison devil's-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and United States.

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.