Tupaia montana

O. Thomas, 1892

Mountain Treeshrew

Lateral view of adult
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, 2300 mDate taken:Jan 1, 2011

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1688

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Scandentia
Family : Tupaiidae
Genus : Tupaia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1892-03-01. On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(51):250-254.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268478

Original name as described

Tupaia montana

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/595d9edc-6fd8-48f9-a6ff-b6d71ededc9c

Type locality

"Mount Dulit, 5000 feet [= 1524 m], " northern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000552

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Tupaia montana

O. Thomas, 1892

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/595d9edc-6fd8-48f9-a6ff-b6d71ededc9c

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268478

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Lyon (1913:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
  3. Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
  4. Chasen (1940:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  5. Medway (1965:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Wilson (1993:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69005)
  10. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41498/22279521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia montana baluensis

Lyon, 1913

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

baluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/79002c58-3681-4a9f-ab79-9720d36407a8

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306587

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1913:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
  2. Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
  3. Chasen (1940:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  4. Medway (1965:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  5. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tupaia montana montana

Lyon, 1913

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306586

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1913:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
  2. Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
  3. Chasen (1940:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  4. Medway (1965:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  5. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tupaia stuebingi

Han Kwaihin, 2000

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

stuebingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Type

SMK ITTOM78

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Tupaia montana stuebingi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

stuebingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew · name_combination

Authority page

267

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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