Tupaiidae

Tupaiidae
	Tupaia in West Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Euarchontoglires
Order:	Scandentia
Family:	Tupaiidae; Gray, 1825
Genera
	Anathana; Dendrogale; Tupaia; Urogale
Synonyms
	Cladobatae; Cladobatidina; Cladobatida; Cladobatina; Glisoricina; Glisoricinae; Tupaina; Tupaiadae; Tupajidae; Tupayae; Tupayidae

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

References

^ ^a ^b Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Tupaiidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). 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.

[msw3-1] Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Tupaiidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). 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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