Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Prickly Coontail

Dendrogale melanura compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Ceratophyllum
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.