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Tupaia
Tupaia is a treeshrew genus in the family Tupaiidae that was first described by Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1821. The name of this genus derives from the Malay word tupai meaning squirrels or small animals that resemble squirrels.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species
Northern Treeshrew
speciesTupaia belangeri
Common Treeshrew
speciesTupaia glis
Horsfield's Treeshrew
speciesTupaia javanica
Lesser Treeshrew
speciesTupaia minor
Mountain Treeshrew
speciesTupaia montana
Large Treeshrew
speciesTupaia tana
Long-footed Treeshrew
speciesTupaia longipes
Palawan Treeshrew
speciesTupaia palawanensis
Sumatran Treeshrew
speciesTupaia ferruginea
Southern Long-footed Treeshrew
speciesTupaia salatana
Slender Treeshrew
speciesTupaia gracilis
Nicobar Treeshrew
speciesTupaia nicobarica
Striped Treeshrew
speciesTupaia dorsalis
Mindanao Treeshrew
speciesTupaia everetti
Ruddy Treeshrew
speciesTupaia splendidula
Painted Treeshrew
speciesTupaia picta
Bangka Island Treeshrew
speciesTupaia discolor
Golden-bellied Treeshrew
speciesTupaia chrysogaster
Large Javan Treeshrew
speciesTupaia hypochrysa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 46282.