Mountain treeshrew: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mountain treeshrew lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tupaia montana
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Scandentia
Family	Tupaiidae

Where does the mountain treeshrew live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mountain treeshrew in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Malaysia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the mountain treeshrew endangered?

The mountain treeshrew’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mountain treeshrew?

The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a mammal in the order Scandentia and the family Tupaiidae, genus Tupaia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mountain treeshrew

The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo and inhabits montane forests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia, as well as a part of southeastern Brunei.

The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural History.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mountain treeshrew (revision 1316580923), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q774635 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).