Northern Treeshrew
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Tupaia belangeri (Wagner, 1841) |
The Northern Treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a species of treeshrew found in Southeast Asia.
It was chosen as one of the 16 mammals to have their genomes sequenced by the Broad Institute, and a low coverage assembly of genome was released by the Broad Institute in June 2006. The genome will be useful in comparisons with the other genomes to identify genes.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Tupaia belangeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.
- ^ Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri)
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