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Tupaia belangeri

Osteichthyes - Scandentia - Tupaiidae

Taxonomy
Tupaia belangeri was named by Wagner (1841) [Not originally in the genus Tupaia.]. It is extant.

Subspecies
T. chinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Tupaia belangeri Wagner
2005Tupaia belangeri Helgen
2005Tupaia belangeri Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Sundatheria
orderScandentiaWagner 1855
familyTupaiidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTupaiinaeGray 1825
genusTupaiaRaffles 1821
speciesbelangeriWagner 1841

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tupaia belangeri Wagner 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:42:42
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Tupaia belangeri (214689)