Tupaia nicobarica

(Zelebor, 1868)

Nicobar 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

Zelebor, J. 1868-12-17. Säugethiere. Pp. 3–42 in von Wülerstorf-Urbair, B. 1869. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Erster Band. (Wirbelthiere.). Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, 433 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48109783

Original name as described

Cladobates nicobaricus

Type material

NMW (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Great Nicobar Island, Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000553

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.

Cladobates nicobaricus

(Zelebor, 1868)

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

nicobarica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

17, pl. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48109783

Authority publication

Vienna

Tupaia nicobarica surda

G. S. Miller, 1902

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

surda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:111757

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ebd5e82a-2b56-4dc3-a079-7be15df9f1fe

Authority page

774

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782656

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Tupaia nicobarica

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

nicobarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22454) (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 #22454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22454/115166757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia nicobarica nicobarica

K. M. Helgen, 2005

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

nicobarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Cladobates nicobaricus

(Fitzinger, 1861)

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

nicobaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438325

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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