Mountain Treeshrew

Mountain Treeshrew
Mountain Treeshrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Tupaia
Species: T. montana
Binomial name
Tupaia montana
Thomas, 1892
Mountain Treeshrew range

The Mountain Treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a species of treeshrew in the Tupaiidae family. It is endemic to Borneo.[2]

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Range and habitat

It is found in Borneo, and lives in montane forest.[3]

Description

It has a long, bushy tail, and a slender, pointed snout. The body length is 11–15 cm, and the tail length 10–15 cm.[3]

It spends much of its time on the ground, although it is agile in the trees. This species is thought to be slightly more social than others of its genus and may live in small groups.[3]

Diet

It eats fruit, seeds, and leaves, and will sit back on its haunches to eat, holding the food in both forepaws, like a squirrel or gerbil. It also eats insects.[3]

Reproduction

Breeding takes place at any time of year, and a litter, normally of 2 young, is born after a 49 to 51 day gestation period.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 107. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Han, K. H., Stuebing, R. & Maryanto, I. (2008). Tupaia montana. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia.
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