Common Names
Common Names in English:
Common Tree Shrew, Northern Tree Shrew, Northern Treeshrew
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Scandentia
()
- (Wagner, 1855) Butler, 1972
- Order:
Scandentia
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Aug-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tupaia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. belangeri (Northern Tree Shrew) · T. belangeri belangeri (Northern Tree Shrew) · T. belangeri chinensis · T. belangeri tenaster · T. belangeri yunalis · T. chrysogaster (Golden-Bellied Tree Shrew) · T. dorsalis (Striped Tree Shrew) · T. ellioti · T. everetti · T. ferruginea · T. ferruginea hypochrysa · T. ferruginea longipes · T. ferruginea palawanensis · T. glis (Common Tree Shrew) · T. glis belangeri · T. glis cambodiana · T. glis cochinchinensis · T. glis ferruginea · T. glis longipes · T. glis modesta · T. glis salatana · T. glis umbratilis · T. glis versurae · T. gracilis (Slender Tree Shrew) · T. gracilis gracilis (Slender Tree Shrew) · T. javanica (Horsfield's Treeshrew) · T. longipes (Bornean Tree Shrew) · T. melanura · T. minor (Lesser Tree Shrew) · T. minor malaccana · T. minor minor (Pygmy Tree Shrew) · T. montana (Mountain Tree Shrew) · T. montana baluensis · T. montana montana (Mountain Tree Shrew) · T. nicobarica (Nicobar Tree Shrew) · T. nicobarica nicobarica (Nicobar Tree Shrew) · T. nicobarica surda · T. obscura · T. palawanensis (Palawan Tree Shrew) · T. palawanensis cuyonis · T. picta (Painted Tree Shrew) · T. splendidula (Ruddy Tree Shrew) · T. tana (Large Tree Shrew) · T. tana chrysura · T. tana kelabit · T. tana kretami · T. tana nitida · T. tana paitana · T. tana utara
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Further Reading
- Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 9.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 109, p. 110, p. 111, p. 88, p. 97.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 966.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. ENG url p. 11, p. 11, p. 12, p. 9, p. 9.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 59.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. Chicago, 1938. ENG url p. 189.
- Insectivore Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Mammals of Eastern Asia / by G.H.H. Tate. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. ENG url p. 33.
- Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expedition, by Wilfred H. Osgood. Chicago, 1932. ENG url p. 240.
- Notes on the anatomy of the treeshrew dendrogale / by D. Dwight Davis. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 386.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 167.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 168, p. 17, p. 170, p. 178, p. 18, p. 182, p. 35, p. 5, p. 59, p. 62.
- Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena [Germany]: G. Fischer, GER url p. 398.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Tupaia belangeri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: UAM Mammals Specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2481854
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-573217
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 573217
- IUCN ID: 41492
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 135381
