Tupaia chrysogaster

G. S. Miller, 1903

Golden-bellied 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1903-11-06. Seventy new Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Collections 45:1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809982

Original name as described

Tupaia chrysogaster

Other common names

Mentawai Treeshrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:121572

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328c3cc22-1016-4be8-beba-b5399d997076

Type locality

"North Pagi Island, [Mentawai Islands], Sumatra," western Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

the name siberu is generally considered a synonym of T. glis, but has been proven to represent this species

Taxonomy notes citation

Sargis, E. J., Woodman, N., Morningstar, N. C., Reese, A. T., & Olson, L. E. (2014). Island history affects faunal composition: the treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia: Tupaiidae) from the Mentawai and Batu Islands, Indonesia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 111(2), 290-304.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000541

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 chrysogaster

G. S. Miller, 1903

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

chrysogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121572

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/328c3cc22-1016-4be8-beba-b5399d997076

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809982

Authority publication

Smithsonian Collections

Name usages

  1. Wilson (1993:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69005)
  2. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  3. Sargis, Woodman, Reese & Olson (2013:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12185)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22446/111870274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia glis siberu

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

siberu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.11.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5bc250a1-af53-428a-8019-b62745024902

Authority page

833

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

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