Golden-bellied treeshrew
The golden-bellied treeshrew (Tupaia chrysogaster) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae.[1] It is also called Mentawai treeshrew as it is endemic to the Indonesian Mentawai islands of Sipora, North and South Pagai. It lives in forests, and is considered endangered due to habitat loss since the islands' forests are continuously logged.[2]
| Golden-bellied treeshrew[1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Tupaiidae |
| Genus: | Tupaia |
| Species: | T. chrysogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Tupaia chrysogaster Miller, 1903 | |
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| Golden-bellied treeshrew range | |
The American zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller first described a golden-bellied treeshrew from North Pagai Island that was part of a zoological collection obtained by the United States National Museum. He considered it a distinct species as this type specimen differed from the common treeshrew by larger teeth and skull, darker coloured fur on the back and a more coarsely grizzled tail.[3]
References
- Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Tupaia chrysogaster". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Sargis, E.; Kennerley, R. (2018). "Tupaia chrysogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Miller, G. S. Jr. (1903). Seventy New Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 45: 1–73.
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