Tupaia belangeri

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Northern Treeshrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Scandentia
Family : Tupaiidae
Genus : Tupaia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1841. Heft 99, Heft 100. Pp. 1–120 in Wagner, J.A. Die Säughtiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. Zweite Abtheilung: Die Raubthiere. Boß, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, 558 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062671

Original name as described

Cladobates Belangeri

Other common names

Chinese Treeshrew

Type material

MNHN 2 (= MNHN 1023)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pégou [= Bago]," near Yangon, southern Burma (=Myanmar).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Nepal · Bhutan · India · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Cambodia · Laos

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000540

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tupaia modesta

J. A. Allen, 1906

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

modesta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-26654

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-26654

Authority page

481

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26889593

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri laotum

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

laotum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.2.8.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/998d52c4-b31f-4c2f-8c9b-0702cde7e32c

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51229747

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia concolor

Bonhote, 1907

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2c27a534-bb5d-424c-b916-428c3319f9d4

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209201

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri siccata

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

siccata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7e68ef91-684f-44d9-8561-3184ebe4f8bf

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51229746

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri yunalis

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

yunalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.7.25.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8c947199-b63f-4e7c-9b76-8fee37b3708d

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51229747

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Tupaia clarissa

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

clarissa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.8.98

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f552c233-49d6-4305-ac91-680a845a5ca0

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453976

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia concolor sinus

Kloss, 1916

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

sinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.11.4.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7926dc70-c1b4-40ef-8538-0b4e32217aee

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31596756

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri lepcha

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

lepcha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.9.1.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52a11092-7d29-46f7-87d8-f6dc48225849

Authority page

428

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30113002

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Tupaia belangeri tenaster

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

tenastra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1917.3.25.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8cffa16e-498f-4e07-8f2a-11e65409d9c1

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453977

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri assamensis

Wroughton, 1921

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

assamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.6.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b2b9d6c4-759a-4d57-a7a7-929770615e35

Authority page

599

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359250

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia ferruginea operosa

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1914

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

operosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.8.3 (= FMSM 93/13)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9eea29cf-d5af-4305-aa2c-07c1b96750f2

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640992

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri versurae

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

versurae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.12.5.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff9fec65-7549-4b56-83e3-192f921524be

Authority page

428

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30113002

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Tupaia belangeri brunetta

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

brunetta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.6.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63f9a198-0f97-4cb4-b202-3a848aaa9448

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47864493

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri tonquinia

O. Thomas, 1925

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

tonquinia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.1.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/600cbf23-885b-4cf7-98cb-43f584943ff8

Authority page

497

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia glis cochinchinensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

cochinchinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.11.17.1 (= CBK 3622)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/54d348be-7f33-47c9-8b6a-956a0c835f2a

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300880

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia dissimilis annamensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

annamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.11.17.2 (= CBK 3204)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/49b76f91-788e-4409-83e6-05d665739b41

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300880

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri yaoshanensis

Wang Yingxiang, 1987

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

yaoshanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KIZ 122

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Zoological Research

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Tupaia belangeri gaoligongensis

Wang Yingxiang, 1987

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

gaoligongensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KIZ 73988

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

218

Authority publication

Zoological Research

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Cladobates Belangeri

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

belangeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 2 (= MNHN 1023)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062671

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Sciurus dissimilis

(Ellis, 1860)

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

dissimilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658408

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia glis olivacea

Kloss, 1919

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

olivacea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:221562

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1fc8476-881b-4e12-aa8b-c866336da420

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12463877

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia lacernata kohtauensis

Shamel, 1930

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

kohtauensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:253446

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347dbdbc9-3934-41f9-98af-7546b31dd36c

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia glis cambodiana

Kloss, 1919

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

cambodiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZRC ? (= CBK 1841)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12463876

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri

K. M. Helgen, 2005

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

belangeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Sargis, Woodman, Reese & Olson (2013:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12185)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41492/229775933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia belangeri belangeri

K. M. Helgen, 2005

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

belangeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri chinensis

K. M. Helgen, 2005

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tupaia belangeri modesta

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

modesta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Tupaïa peguanus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

peguanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

93

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia chinensis

J. Anderson, 1879

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

chinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124705

Authority publication

London

Tupaia siamensis

Gyldenstolpe, 1916

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

siamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891608

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Tupaia belangeri pingi

Ho Hsi J., 1936

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

pingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia belangeri gongshanensis

Wang Yingxiang, 1987

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

gongshanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Zoological Research

Name usages

Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

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