Urogale cylindrura Mearns 1905 (tree shrew)

Mammalia - Scandentia - Tupaiidae

Full reference: E. A. Mearns. 1905. Descriptions of new genera and species of mammals from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1402):425-460

Belongs to Urogale according to E. A. Mearns 1905

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 storchi, Tupaia tana

Type specimen: USNM 125287, a skull

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Urogale cylindrura in the database

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