Buttonhead Pipewort vs Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Dendrogale murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Dendrogale
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Dendrogale murina

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Northern Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.