Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs utile

Dendrogale melanura compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew is Data Deficient while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Entandrophragma
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.