Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs toothcup

Dendrogale melanura compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Ammannia
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), 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.