Tupaia picta

O. Thomas, 1892

Painted 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

Thomas, O. 1892-03-01. On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(51):250-254.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268477

Original name as described

Tupaia picta

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0077bfa1-1fc5-4239-b63c-261f4be80ad7

Type locality

"Baram [District], N. Borneo," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000555

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 picta

O. Thomas, 1892

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0077bfa1-1fc5-4239-b63c-261f4be80ad7

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268477

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:108, 109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41499/22279973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia picta fuscior

Medway, 1965

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

fuscior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:197198

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f229ec0-3a56-4143-a558-c072bbd4c80d

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

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

Tupaia picta picta

K. M. Helgen, 2005

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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