Sumatran treeshrew

Sumatran treeshrew
Photograph of the treeshew on a fallen bamboo trunk
Sumatran treeshrew (Tupaia ferruginea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Tupaia
Species:
T. ferruginea
Binomial name
Tupaia ferruginea
Synonyms
  • tephrura Miller, 1903

The Sumatran treeshrew (Tupaia ferruginea)[1] is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae family. It was previously listed as a subspecies of Tupaia glis for one hundred years,[3][1] but was raised up to species status in 2013.[1] It is found on the islands of Sumatra and Tanahbala in Indonesia.[1] It is the type species for the Tupaia genus.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e Sargis, E.; Kennerley, R. (2020) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Tupaia ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T111873543A166528436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T111873543A166528436.en. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ Raffles, T. S. (1821). "XVII. Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological Collection, Made on Account of the Honourable East India Company, in the Island of Sumatra and Its Vicinity, under the Direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with Additional Notices Illustrative of the Natural History of Those Countries". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 1: 239–274.
  3. ^ Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Tupaia glis". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. ^ Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Tupaia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.