Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Dendrogale melanura compared with Physalis acutifolia

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Physalis
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Physalis acutifolia

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Japan and Sweden.

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.