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Subsequent to Raffles description of the genus, the following ''Tupaia'' species were described: |
Subsequent to Raffles description of the genus, the following ''Tupaia'' species were described: |
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* [common tree shrew] ''tupaia glis''''''Italic text''''. |
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* [[Large Treeshrew]] ''Tupaia tana'' — by Raffles in 1821<ref name="raffles"/> |
* [[Large Treeshrew]] ''Tupaia tana'' — by Raffles in 1821<ref name="raffles"/> |
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* [[Horsfield's Treeshrew]] ''Tupaia javanica'' — by [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]] in 1822 |
* [[Horsfield's Treeshrew]] ''Tupaia javanica'' — by [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]] in 1822 |
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Tupaia is a genus of treeshrew in the Tupaiidae family.[1]
tupaia is a genus of tree shrews. it encompasses the characteristics of all tree shrews. it has well devoloped limbs, it has naked feet beneath, the sole furnished with projecting pads. it looks kind of like squirrels, it has sharped claws . pointed head and rounded ears andbushy tails. dental formula:i 2/3,c 1'1,pm 3/3, m 3/3 =38. The genus was first described by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1821, as having an elongated snout, 8 to 10 incisors, five-toed feet, with a habit and tail of a squirrel.[2]
When Diard and Duvaucel described the first specimen of the Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis in 1820, they considered it a species of Sorex.[3]
Subsequent to Raffles description of the genus, the following Tupaia species were described:
- [common tree shrew] tupaia glis'Italic text'.
- Large Treeshrew Tupaia tana — by Raffles in 1821[2]
- Horsfield's Treeshrew Tupaia javanica — by Horsfield in 1822
- Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri — by Wagner in 1841
- Striped Treeshrew Tupaia dorsalis — by Schlegel in 1857
- Ruddy Treeshrew Tupaia splendidula — by Gray in 1865
- Nicobar Treeshrew Tupaia nicobarica — by Zelebor in 1869
- Pygmy Treeshrew Tupaia minor — by Günther in 1876
- Mountain Treeshrew Tupaia montana — by Thomas in 1892
- Painted Treeshrew Tupaia picta — by Thomas in 1892
- Slender Treeshrew Tupaia gracilis — by Thomas in 1893
- Long-footed Treeshrew Tupaia longipes — by Thomas in 1893
- Palawan Treeshrew Tupaia palawanensis — by Thomas in 1894
- Calamian Treeshrew Tupaia moellendorffi — by Matschie in 1898
- Golden-bellied Treeshrew Tupaia chrysogaster — by Miller in 1903
- Tupaia miocenica — by Mein and Ginsburg in 1997
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Raffles, T. S. (1821). "Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological Collection made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the Island of Sumatra and its Vicinity, under the Direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional Notices illustrative of the Natural History of those Countries". The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. XIII. Linnean Society of London: 239–340.
- ^ Diard, P.M., Duvaucel, A. (1820) "Sur une nouvelle espèce de Sorex — Sorex Glis". Asiatick researches, or, Transactions of the society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia, Volume 14. Bengal Military Orphans Press, 1822
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