lime prickly-ash vs Palawan Treeshrew

Zanthoxylum fagara compared with Tupaia palawanensis

Key Differences

• lime prickly-ash is Endangered while Palawan Treeshrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	lime prickly-ash	Palawan Treeshrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Rutaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Zanthoxylum	Tupaia
Species	Zanthoxylum fagara	Tupaia palawanensis

Conservation Status

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Palawan Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	lime prickly-ash	Palawan Treeshrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Palawan Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.