Tupaia chrysogaster Miller 1903

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Scandentia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 104-109 : 105

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scientific name	Tupaia chrysogaster Miller 1903
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Tupaia chrysogaster Miller 1903 , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 45: 58.

Type Locality: N Pagai Isl, Mentawai Isls.

Vernacular Names: Golden-bellied Treeshrew.

Distribution: N and S Pagai Isls, and Sipora (Mentawai Isls, Indonesia). Recorded erroneously from Nias by Lyon (1913:36, 39).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: A distinctive species readily distinguished from populations of T. glis by pelage coloration and mammae formula. Part of the distinctive endemic mammal fauna of the Mentawai Isls (see account of Leopoldamys siporanus ). Does not include siberu and tephrura (from Siberut and the Batu Isls, respectively), synonyms of T. glis .