Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs silk-floss tree

Dendrogale melanura compared with Ceiba speciosa

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while silk-floss tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	silk-floss tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Ceiba
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Ceiba speciosa

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

silk-floss tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	silk-floss tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

silk-floss tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Turkey.

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.