Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew

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| name = Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew{{MSW3 Gardner | pages = 105}}

| image = The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew.jpg

| image_caption = The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew from Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Timmins, R.J. |date=2016 |title=Dendrogale murina |volume=2016 |page=e.T41490A22278606 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41490A22278606.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Dendrogale

| species = murina

| authority = (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1843)

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| range_map = Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew area.png

| range_map_caption = Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew range

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The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants.{{Cite journal|last1=Selig|first1=Keegan R|last2=Sargis|first2=Eric J|last3=Silcox|first3=Mary T|date=2019-11-01|editor-last=Scheibe|editor-first=John|title=The frugivorous insectivores? Functional morphological analysis of molar topography for inferring diet in extant treeshrews (Scandentia)|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|language=en|pages=gyz151|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyz151|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}}

References

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Further reading

  • Endo et al. (July 1999) Functional morphology of the locomotor system in the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale murina). Annals of Anatomy. Vol. 181, Number 4. pp. 397–402
  • Olson et al. (2005) Intraordinal phylogenetics of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia)based on evidence from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 35. pp. 656–673.
  • Olson et al. (March 2004) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Treeshrews (Scandentia): A Review and Critique of the Morphological Evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Vol. 11, Number 1. pp. 49–71.
  • Shchipanov, N. A.; A. A. Kalinin. (October 2006) Distribution of small mammals in three layers of south Vietnam rainforest. Doklady Biological Sciences. Vol. 410, Number 1. pp. 387–390.
  • Timmins et al. (September 2003) Distribution, status and ecology of the mainland slender-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina. Mammal Review. Vol. 33, Issue 3–4. pp 272–283.

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Category:Treeshrews

Category:Mammals described in 1843

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel

Category:Taxa named by Salomon Müller

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