Painted treeshrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Scandentia |
Family: | Tupaiidae |
Genus: | Tupaia |
Species: | T. picta[1]
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Binomial name | |
Tupaia picta[1] Thomas, 1892
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Painted treeshrew range |
The painted treeshrew (Tupaia picta) is a treeshrew species of the family Tupaiidae.[1]
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]