Northern Treeshrew

Northern Treeshrew
Northern Treeshrew
Tupaia belangeri
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Tupaia
Species: T. belangeri
Binomial name
Tupaia belangeri
(Wagner, 1841)
Northern Treeshrew range

The Northern Treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a species of treeshrew found in Southeast Asia.

It was chosen as one of the 16 mammals to have their genomes sequenced by the Broad Institute, and a low coverage assembly of genome was released by the Broad Institute in June 2006. The genome will be useful in comparisons with the other genomes to identify genes.[2] Complete mitochondrial genome data supports the hypothesis that there is a closer phylogenetic relationship of Tupaia to rabbits than to primates.[3]

Adult weight : 0.2 kg (0.44 lbs)

Maximum longevity : 11 years


References

  1. ^ Han, K. H., Duckworth, J. W. & Molur, S. (2008). Tupaia belangeri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.
  2. ^ [http://www.ensembl.org/Tupaia_belangeri/index.html Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri)
  3. ^ Jürgen Schmitz, Martina Ohme, and Hans Zischler, The complete mitochondrial genome of Tupaia belangeri and the phylogenetic affiliation of Scandentia to other eutherian orders, Molecular Biology and Evolution 17(9):1334-1343, 2000
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