Northern Treeshrew

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Northern Treeshrew
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Tupaia
Species: T. belangeri
Binomial name
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

  1. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Tupaia belangeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.
  2. ^ Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri)