Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs small water-pepper

Dendrogale melanura compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Persicaria
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

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.