Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew

Species of mammal

Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew[1]
The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew from Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Dendrogale
Species:
D. murina
Binomial name
Dendrogale murina
(Schlegel & S. Müller, 1843)
Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew range

The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2] Their diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Timmins, R.J. (2016). "Dendrogale murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41490A22278606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41490A22278606.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ Selig, Keegan R; Sargis, Eric J; Silcox, Mary T (2019-11-01). Scheibe, John (ed.). "The frugivorous insectivores? Functional morphological analysis of molar topography for inferring diet in extant treeshrews (Scandentia)". Journal of Mammalogy: gyz151. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz151. ISSN 0022-2372.

Further reading

  • Endo et al. (July 1999) Functional morphology of the locomotor system in the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale murina). Annals of Anatomy. Vol. 181, Number 4. pp. 397–402
  • Olson et al. (2005) Intraordinal phylogenetics of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia)based on evidence from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 35. pp. 656–673.
  • Olson et al. (March 2004) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Treeshrews (Scandentia): A Review and Critique of the Morphological Evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Vol. 11, Number 1. pp. 49–71.
  • Shchipanov, N. A.; A. A. Kalinin. (October 2006) Distribution of small mammals in three layers of south Vietnam rainforest. Doklady Biological Sciences. Vol. 410, Number 1. pp. 387–390.
  • Timmins et al. (September 2003) Distribution, status and ecology of the mainland slender-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina. Mammal Review. Vol. 33, Issue 3–4. pp 272–283.
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Extant Scandentia (Treeshrews) species by family
Tupaiidae
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Ptilocercidae
Ptilocercus
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Taxon identifiers
Dendrogale murina
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