Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Rootless Duckweed

Dendrogale melanura compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Araceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Wolffia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Rootless Duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.