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Dendrogale melanura
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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.
The head and body length of the species is 5 inches (13 cm), with tail length 4.5 inches (11 cm). The body mass is about 1.5 oz (43 g). Upper parts of the small body are dark brown, while the under parts are orange-buff with gray bases, and shiny black with reddish streaking along the sides. It has a short snout, with large ear flaps. Prominent orange-brown rings exist around the eyes, with weakly marked facial streaks present on both side of the face, extending from the snout to ears. No shoulder streaks are present. The claws are notably sharp.
D. melanura is a terrestrial species. They are diurnal and predominantly arboreal. Live in evergreen rainforest, which active in mossy trees and on rocky boulders in submontane and montane pristine forest. This species seems... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 18 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July, September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tupaiidae
The closest relatives of the Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Tupaiidae, Treeshrews) are Mountain Treeshrew (about 30%) and Lesser Treeshrew (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew is recorded against all the mammals logged in Kinabalu Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
