Tupaia minor

A. Günther, 1876

Lesser 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

Günther, A. 1876-10. Remarks on some Indian and more especially Bornean mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(3):424-428.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099625

Original name as described

Tupaia minor

Other common names

Pygmy Treeshrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.21, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.22, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.23, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.24, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.25

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c08ce70-cdea-4436-9f16-c1b15e6d7f82 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3765b787-0c8f-4d03-9d05-ecc859eaba2b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cb25b82-8649-4917-8860-f54a6976b689 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7101e52-a69f-4b8b-a18d-0a6f2e34d693 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b264dc45-7a43-4dfd-a210-9a55156a4519

Type locality

"mainland Borneo, opposite Labuan [Island]," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000551

Country distribution map

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