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Tupaia Raffles, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 573210

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Urogale Mearns, 1905
	Common Name(s):	Tree Shrews [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2024

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Scandentia Wagner, 1855 – Tree Shrews, Treeshrews
	Family	Tupaiidae Gray, 1825 – treeshrews
	Genus	Tupaia Raffles, 1821 – Tree Shrews
		Direct Children:
	Species	Tupaia belangeri (Wagner, 1841) – Northern Treeshrew, Northern Tree Shrew
	Species	Tupaia chrysogaster Miller, 1903 – Golden-bellied Tree Shrew, Golden-bellied Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia discolor Lyon, 1906 – Banka Island Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel, 1857 – Striped Tree Shrew, Striped Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia everetti Thomas, 1892 – Mindanao Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia ferruginea Raffles, 1821 – Sumatran Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia glis (Diard, 1820) – Common Tree Shrew, Common Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia gracilis Thomas, 1893 – Slender Tree Shrew, Slender Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia hypochrysa Thomas, 1895 – Javan Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia javanica Horsfield, 1822 – Javan Tree Shrew, Horsfield's Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia longipes Thomas, 1893 – Long-footed Tree Shrew, Long-footed Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia minor Günther, 1876 – Pygmy Treeshrew, Pygmy Tree Shrew, Lesser Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia montana Thomas, 1892 – Mountain Tree Shrew, Mountain Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia nicobarica (Zelebor, 1869) – Nicobar Treeshrew, Nicobar Tree Shrew
	Species	Tupaia palawanensis Thomas, 1894 – Palawan Tree Shrew, Palawan Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia picta Thomas, 1892 – Painted Treeshrew, Painted Tree Shrew
	Species	Tupaia salatana Lyon, 1913 – Kalimantan Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia splendidula Gray, 1865 – Ruddy Tree Shrew, Ruddy Treeshrew, Splendid Treeshrew
	Species	Tupaia tana Raffles, 1821 – Large Tree Shrew, Large Treeshrew

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Don E. Wilson
	Notes:	Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
	Reference for:	Tupaia

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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hawkins, M. T. R. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.
	Publication Date:	2018
	Article/Chapter Title:	Family Tupaiidae (Treeshrews)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos
	Page(s):	242-271
	Publisher:	Lynx Edicions
	Publication Place:	Barcelona, Spain
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-84-16728-084
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Tupaia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Tupaia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
	Page(s):	2142
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Tupaia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Common Names of Mammals of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 204
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-383-3
	Notes:	With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
	Reference for:	Tupaia, Tree Shrews [English]

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