Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew

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Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Dendrogale
Species: D. murina
Binomial name
Dendrogale murina
(Schlegel & Müller, 1843)

The Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the Tupaiidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 105. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Insectivore Specialist Group (2006). Dendrogale murina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.

[edit] Further reading

  • Endo et al. (July 1999) Functional morphology of the locomotor system in the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale murina). Annals of Anatomy. Vol. 181, Number 4. pp. 397-402
  • Olson et al. (2005) Intraordinal phylogenetics of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia)based on evidence from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 35. pp. 656–673.
  • Olson et al. (March 2004) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Treeshrews (Scandentia): A Review and Critique of the Morphological Evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Vol. 11, Number 1. pp. 49-71.
  • Shchipanov, N. A.; A. A. Kalinin. (October 2006) Distribution of small mammals in three layers of south Vietnam rainforest. Doklady Biological Sciences. Vol. 410, Number 1. pp. 387-390.
  • Timmins et al. (September 2003) Distribution, status and ecology of the mainland slender-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina. Mammal Review. Vol. 33, Issue 3-4. pp 272-283.
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