Doum Palm vs Palawan Treeshrew

Hyphaene thebaica compared with Tupaia palawanensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Doum Palm	Palawan Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Arecaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Hyphaene	Tupaia
Species	Hyphaene thebaica	Tupaia palawanensis

Conservation Status

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Palawan Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Doum Palm	Palawan Treeshrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

Palawan Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.