Northern treeshrew: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern treeshrew lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tupaia belangeri
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Scandentia
Family	Tupaiidae

Where does the northern treeshrew live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern treeshrew in 6 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains.

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 northern treeshrew endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the northern treeshrew?

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

About the northern treeshrew

The northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a treeshrew species native to Southeast Asia.

In 1841, the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner first used the specific name Cladobates belangeri for treeshrews that had been collected in Pegu during a French expedition to Southeast Asia. These specimens were described by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1834 in whose opinion they did not differ sufficiently from Tupaia tana to assign a specific rank.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern treeshrew (revision 1338452906), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q378959 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).