Tupaiidae
| Tupaiidae[1] | |
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| Tupaia in West Java, Indonesia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Tupaiidae Gray, 1825 |
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Cladobatae | |
The Tupaiidae are one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. The family contains four genera and 19 species.[1] The family name derives from tupai, the Malay word for treeshrew and also for squirrel which the Tupaiidae superficially resemble.
Unlike shrews, they contain a fairly large brain for their size.
Taxonomy
- Order: Scandentia
- Family Tupaiidae
- Genus Anathana
- Madras treeshrew, A. ellioti
- Genus Dendrogale
- Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. melanura
- Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. murina
- Genus Tupaia
- Northern treeshrew, T. belangeri
- Golden-bellied treeshrew, T. chrysogaster
- Striped treeshrew, T. dorsalis
- Common treeshrew, T. glis
- Slender treeshrew, T. gracilis
- Horsfield's treeshrew, T. javanica
- Long-footed treeshrew, T. longipes
- Pygmy treeshrew, T. minor
- Calamian treeshrew, T. moellendorffi
- Mountain treeshrew, T. montana
- Nicobar treeshrew, T. nicobarica
- Palawan treeshrew, T. palawanensis
- Painted treeshrew, T. picta
- Ruddy treeshrew, T. splendidula
- Large treeshrew, T. tana
- Genus Urogale
- Mindanao treeshrew, U. evereti
- Genus Anathana
- Family Tupaiidae
References
- 1 2 Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Tupaiidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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