Tupaia hypochrysa

O. Thomas, 1895

Javan 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

Thomas, O. 1895-01-07. On some mammals collected by Dr. E. Modigliani in Sipora, Mentawei islands. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 34:660-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940705

Original name as described

Tupaia ferruginea hypochrysa

Other common names

Large Javan Treeshrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1886.7.2.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b84974a-ddae-4812-8d82-7fe81c4037d6

Type locality

"Sipora [= Sipura Island], Mentawei Islands," West 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. · Sargis, E. J., Woodman, N., Morningstar, N. C., Reese, A. T., & Olson, L. E. (2013). Morphological distinctiveness of Javan Tupaia hypochrysa (Scandentia, Tupaiidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 94(4), 938-947.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000548

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 ferruginea hypochrysa

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

hypochrysa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.7.2.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b84974a-ddae-4812-8d82-7fe81c4037d6

Authority page

665

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940705

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

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

Tupaia hypochrysa

Sargis, Woodman, Reese, & L. E. Olson, 2013

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

hypochrysa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Sargis, Woodman, Reese & Olson (2013:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12185)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111873049/166528096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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