Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Slash pine

Dendrogale melanura compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Slash pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Tupaiidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Dendrogale	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Slash pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

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.