Tupaiidae
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| Tupaiidae[1] | |
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| Pygmy Treeshrew | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Tupaiidae Gray 1825 |
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Cladobatae |
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Tupaiidae is one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. It contains 4 genera and 19 species.
[edit] Taxonomy
- Order: Scandentia
- Family Tupaiidae
- Genus Anathana
- Madras Treeshrew, Anathana ellioti
- Genus Dendrogale
- Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew, Dendrogale melanura
- Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew, Dendrogale murina
- Genus Tupaia
- Northern Treeshrew, Tupaia belangeri
- Golden-bellied Treeshrew, Tupaia chrysogaster
- Striped Treeshrew, Tupaia dorsalis
- Common Treeshrew, Tupaia glis
- Slender Treeshrew, Tupaia gracilis
- Horsfield's Treeshrew, Tupaia javanica
- Long-footed Treeshrew, Tupaia longipes
- Pygmy Treeshrew, Tupaia minor
- Calamian Treeshrew, Tupaia moellendorffi
- Mountain Treeshrew, Tupaia montana
- Nicobar Treeshrew, Tupaia nicobarica
- Palawan Treeshrew, Tupaia palawanensis
- Painted Treeshrew, Tupaia picta
- Ruddy Treeshrew, Tupaia splendidula
- Large Treeshrew, Tupaia tana
- Genus Urogale
- Mindanao Treeshrew, Urogale evereti
- Genus Anathana
- Family Tupaiidae
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11900002.
