Tupaia picta

O. Thomas, 1892

Painted Treeshrew

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/19268477

Original name as described

Tupaia picta

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0077bfa1-1fc5-4239-b63c-261f4be80ad7

Type locality

"Baram [District], N. Borneo, " Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000555

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Tupaia picta

O. Thomas, 1892

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Baram, N. Borneo.

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0077bfa1-1fc5-4239-b63c-261f4be80ad7

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268477

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lyon (1913:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
Cabrera (1925:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
Chasen (1940:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Medway (1965:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:108, 109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wilson (1993:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69005)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41499/22279973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia picta fuscior

Medway, 1965

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

fuscior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:197198

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Labuan Klambu, east Kalimantan

Type locality

Indonesia: Kalimantan: 1°14′N, 118°44′E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f229ec0-3a56-4143-a558-c072bbd4c80d

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Medway (1965:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia picta picta:

Medway, 1965

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Medway (1965:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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