Nicobar treeshrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Scandentia |
Family: | Tupaiidae |
Genus: | Tupaia |
Species: | T. nicobarica
[1]
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Binomial name | |
Tupaia nicobarica
[1] (
Zelebor, 1868)
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Nicobar treeshrew range |
The Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. [1] It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands where it inhabits the islands' rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [2]
Although previously listed as an endangered species, the Nicobar treeshrew is now commonly found in its appropriate habitats. [3]
The Nicobar treeshrew was first described by Johann Zelebor in 1868. [4]
The Nicobar treeshrew only occupies the Indian Islands of Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar and can be found on the highest points of these two islands, 640 m above sea level. [5]