Tupaia minor

A. Günther, 1876

Lesser Treeshrew

Also as Pygmy Treeshrew
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah state, Tabin Wildlife ReserveDate taken:Aug 2, 2008Description:Also as Pygmy Treeshrew

Distribution :

S peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, (Malay Peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak, and Laut), and Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra, Lingga Isls, Banggi and Balambangan).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2381

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

Günther, A. 1876-10. Remarks on some Indian and more especially Bornean mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(3):424-428.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099625

Original name as described

Tupaia minor

Other common names

Pygmy Treeshrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.21, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.22, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.23, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.24, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.25

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c08ce70-cdea-4436-9f16-c1b15e6d7f82 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3765b787-0c8f-4d03-9d05-ecc859eaba2b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cb25b82-8649-4917-8860-f54a6976b689 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7101e52-a69f-4b8b-a18d-0a6f2e34d693 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b264dc45-7a43-4dfd-a210-9a55156a4519

Type locality

"mainland Borneo, opposite Labuan [Island], " Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000551

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: 11 names and synonyms.

Tupaia minor

A. Günther, 1876

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.21, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.22, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.23, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.24, BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.25

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c08ce70-cdea-4436-9f16-c1b15e6d7f82 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3765b787-0c8f-4d03-9d05-ecc859eaba2b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cb25b82-8649-4917-8860-f54a6976b689 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7101e52-a69f-4b8b-a18d-0a6f2e34d693 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b264dc45-7a43-4dfd-a210-9a55156a4519

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099625

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1880:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
Trouessart (1904:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Lyon (1911:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
Lyon (1913:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
Chasen (1940:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Davis (1962:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wilson (1993:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69005)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41497/229537130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tupaia malaccana

J. Anderson, 1879

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

malaccana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124710

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Glipora leucogaster

(Jentink, 1888)

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14868055

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Tupaia sincepis

Lyon, 1911

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

sincepis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:123105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2d4f59d-6ccd-4dad-9137-ef68ae6c6fe5

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779502

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Tupaia sincepsis

Lyon, 1911

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

sincepsis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779503

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Tupaia minor sincipis

Lyon, 1913

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

sincipis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306607

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Lyon (1913:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
Chasen (1940:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Chasen (1940:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)

Tupaia minor minor

Lyon, 1913

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306602

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Lyon (1913:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
Chasen (1940:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Davis (1962:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tupaia minor malaccana

Lyon, 1913

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

malaccana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306606

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Lyon (1913:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12090)
Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
Chasen (1940:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tupaia minor humeralis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1919

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

humeralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.12654

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12654.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12654.b

Authority page

265

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)
Chasen (1940:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8556)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Tupaia minor sincepis

Cabrera, 1925

Family

Tupaiidae

Root name

sincepis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Madrid

Name usages

Cabrera (1925:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63138)

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