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''Dendrogale'' is a genus of
treeshrew The treeshrews (or tree shrews or banxrings) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. They make up the entire order Scandentia, which split into two families: the Tupaiidae (19 species, "ordinary" treeshrew ...
in the family Tupaiidae found in
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
and
Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...
. It contains these species: *
Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew The Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew (''Dendrogale melanura'') is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description ...
(''D. melanura'') * Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (''D. murina'')


References

Treeshrews Mammal genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{mammal-stub