Mammals of the World← Back to browse
Large Treeshrew
Tupaia tana
- Order
- Scandentia
- Family
- Tupaiidae
- Genus
- Tupaia
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Indonesia|Malaysia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Habitat
- Primary tropical rainforest; mainly terrestrial
- Range
- Sumatra and adjacent small islands; Borneo lowlands and hills
The large treeshrew is native to Sumatra and adjacent small islands, and to the lowlands and hills of Borneo. It is the most terrestrial of all treeshrew species, usually found on the forest floor, where it does most of its foraging, though it spends part of its time in trees. It is most abundant in primary tropical rainforest (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)