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
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/8809982Original 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-b5399d997076Type 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
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