Tupaiidae

Tupaiidae[1]
Tupaia in West Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Euarchontoglires
Order:	Scandentia
Family:	Tupaiidae Gray, 1825
Genera
Anathana Dendrogale Tupaia Urogale
Synonyms
Cladobatae Cladobatidina Cladobatida Cladobatina Glisoricina Glisoricinae Tupaina Tupaiadae Tupajidae Tupayae Tupayidae

The Tupaiidae are one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. The family contains four genera and 19 species.^[1] The family name derives from tupai, the Malay word for treeshrew and also for squirrel which the Tupaiidae superficially resemble.

Unlike shrews, they contain a fairly large brain for their size.

Taxonomy

• Order: Scandentia
  • Family Tupaiidae
    • Genus Anathana
      • Madras treeshrew, A. ellioti
    • Genus Dendrogale
      • Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. melanura
      • Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew, D. murina
    • Genus Tupaia
      • Northern treeshrew, T. belangeri
      • Golden-bellied treeshrew, T. chrysogaster
      • Striped treeshrew, T. dorsalis
      • Common treeshrew, T. glis
      • Slender treeshrew, T. gracilis
      • Horsfield's treeshrew, T. javanica
      • Long-footed treeshrew, T. longipes
      • Pygmy treeshrew, T. minor
      • Calamian treeshrew, T. moellendorffi
      • Mountain treeshrew, T. montana
      • Nicobar treeshrew, T. nicobarica
      • Palawan treeshrew, T. palawanensis
      • Painted treeshrew, T. picta
      • Ruddy treeshrew, T. splendidula
      • Large treeshrew, T. tana
    • Genus Urogale
      • Mindanao treeshrew, U. evereti

References

1. Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Tupaiidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.