Painted treeshrew

Painted treeshrew[1]
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Tupaia
Species: T. picta
Binomial name
Tupaia picta
Thomas, 1892
Painted treeshrew range

The painted treeshrew (Tupaia picta) is a treeshrew species of the Tupaiidae family.[1] It is endemic to Borneo and inhabits the forested lowlands of Brunei, Kalimantan, and Sarawak.[2] Its diet consists mainly of fruits and insects.

The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural History.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Helgen, K. M. (2005). "Tupaia picta". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Han, K. H., Stuebing, R. (2008). "Tupaia picta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  3. Thomas, O. (1892). On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (9): 250–254.