Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Vegetable fern

Dendrogale melanura compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Tupaiidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Diplazium
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.