Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Full reference: X. Ni and Z. Qiu. 2012. Tupaiine tree shrews (Sandentia, Mammalia) from the Yuanmou Lufengpithecus locality of Yunnan, China. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131:51-60
Belongs to Tupaia according to X. Ni and Z. Qiu 2012
Sister taxa: Tupaia belangeri, Tupaia chrysogaster, Tupaia dorsalis, Tupaia everetti, Tupaia glis, Tupaia gracilis, Tupaia javanica, Tupaia longipes, Tupaia minor, Tupaia miocenica, Tupaia moellendorffi, Tupaia montana, Tupaia nicobarica, Tupaia palawanensis, Tupaia picta, Tupaia splendidula, Tupaia tana
Type specimen: IVPP V 18218, a tooth (left m3). Its type locality is Leilao, which is in a Baodean alluvial fan claystone in the Xiaohe Formation of China.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Leilao
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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