Painted treeshrew
| Painted treeshrew[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Tupaiidae |
| Genus: | Tupaia |
| Species: | T. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Tupaia picta Thomas, 1892 | |
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| Painted treeshrew range | |
The painted treeshrew (Tupaia picta) is a treeshrew species of the family Tupaiidae.[1] It is endemic to Borneo and inhabits the forested lowlands of Brunei, Kalimantan, and Sarawak.[2] Its diet consists mainly of fruits and insects.
The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural History.[3]
References
- 1 2 Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Tupaia picta". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Han, K. H., Stuebing, R. (2008). "Tupaia picta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- ↑ Thomas, O. (1892). On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (9): 250–254.
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