Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Small Cow-Wheat

Dendrogale melanura compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while Small Cow-Wheat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Melampyrum
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Small Cow-Wheat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, 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.