Subfamily Tupaiinae Gray 1825 (tree shrew)
Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Synonyms: Cladobatidae Bonaparte 1838, Cladobatina Bonaparte 1838, Glisoricina Pomel 1848
Parent taxon: Tupaiidae according to X. Ni and Z. Qiu 2012
See also Chopra and Vasishat 1979, Jaekel 1911 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Adapisoriculinae, Anathana, Dendrogale, Eodendrogale, Ptilocercinae, Ptilocercus
Subtaxa: Palaeotupaia Prodendrogale Tupaia
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore
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