Taxonomy Profile: Tupaiidae (Gray 1825)

Tupaiidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Tupaiinae
Gray 1825
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Tupaiidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Scandentia
Tree Shrews |
Treeshrews |
Family : Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae Direct Children(s):
Anathana
(Lyon 1913)
Dendrogale
(Gray 1848)
Tupaia
(Raffles 1821)
Urogale
(Mearns 1905)
Tupaiidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Tupaiidae
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Tupaiidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Tupaiidae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: See Elliott (1971), Luckett (1980), and Emmons and Greene (2000) for references pertaining to tree shrew biology. For more detailed data on the distribution of tupaiid species on small islands on the Sunda Shelf, see Corbet (in Corbet and Hill, 1992)