Tupaiidae

Tupaiidae[1]
Pygmy Treeshrew
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

Tupaiidae is one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. It contains 4 genera and 19 species.

Taxonomy

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11900002.