Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew vs Cassie

Dendrogale melanura compared with Senna obtusifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew	Cassie
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Scandentia (Scandentia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Tupaiidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Dendrogale	Senna
Species	Dendrogale melanura	Senna obtusifolia

Conservation Status

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

DD — Data Deficient

Cassie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bornean Smooth-Tailed Treeshrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cassie

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.