Tupaia discolor
Lyon, 1906
Banka Island Treeshrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Scandentia |
| Family | : Tupaiidae |
| Genus | : Tupaia |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Lyon, M.W., Jr. 1906-12-18. Mammals of Banka, Mendanau, and Billiton Islands, between Sumatra and Borneo. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 31(1498):575-612.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7737604Original name as described
Tupaia discolor
Type material
USNM:MAMM:124703
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/378e6eebb-76cc-4396-b012-8859cc0e4b20Type locality
"island of Banka [= Bangka], east of Sumatra," Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
split from T. glis
Taxonomy notes citation
Sargis, E.J., Woodman, N., Reese, A.T., Olson, L.E. 2013. Using hand proportions to test taxonomic boundaries within the Tupaia glis species complex (Scandentia, Tupaiidae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(1): 183-201.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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