Tupaiidae Gray 1825

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 : 104

Tupaiidae Gray 1825

Tupaiidae Gray 1825 , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 339.

Genera: 4 genera with 19 species:

Genus Anathana Lyon 1913 (1 species)

Genus Dendrogale Gray 1848 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Tupaia Raffles 1821 (15 species with 40 subspecies)

Genus Urogale Mearns 1905 (1 species)

Discussion: 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).