Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew
Northern Smooth-tailed TreeshrewNorthern Smooth-tailed TreeshrewNorthern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew

Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew

Dendrogale murina

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Cat Tien National Park
47 Verified records at Cat Tien National Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants. The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew inhabits tropical forests and disturbed areas, especially in dense bamboo and rattan thickets. It is commonly found along forest edges, stream valleys, and roadside bamboo groves. Wikipedia →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew sighting in Cat Tien National Park, based on 47 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Cat Tien National Park

Northern Treeshrew
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Northern Treeshrew

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Tupaia belangeri

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
30–40
Feb
40–50
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
30–40
Aug
5–10
Sep
30–40
Oct
30–40
Nov
50–60
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
30–40%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew in Cat Tien National Park?

About 38% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew sighting in Cat Tien National Park, based on 47 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew in Cat Tien National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew in Cat Tien National Park in our monthly data.

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