Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs star-thistle

Dendrogale melanura compared with Centaurea calcitrapa

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while star-thistle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	star-thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Tupaiidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Dendrogale	Centaurea
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Centaurea calcitrapa

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

star-thistle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	star-thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

star-thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.