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Tupaia picta

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA SCANDENTIA TUPAIIDAE

Scientific Name: Tupaia picta
Species Authority: Thomas, 1892
Common Name/s:
English – Painted Treeshrew, Painted Tree Shrew

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Han, K.H. & Stuebing, R.
Evaluator/s: Hoffmann, M. & Chanson, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern as the species is relatively widely distributed on Borneo, and although rare shows some adaptability to disturbed habitats. It is undoubtedly undergoing declines, but these are not believed to be at a rate that would warrant listing in a threatened category.
History:
1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is endemic to Borneo where it occurs in central and eastern Kalimantan (Indonesia), Brunei, and throughout lowland northern Sarawak (Helgen 2005), inlcuding Pulong Tau National Park (E. Bennett pers. comm.).
Countries:
Native:
Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: This species is rare, though more commonly obtained than Tupaia splendidula, based on trap success. However, it has not been recorded in Sabah for the past 20 years (K. H. Han pers. comm.), although there are recent records from the Bintulu Division( a mixed-use tree plantation) in the Bintulu Division of Sarawak (Han et al. in press).
Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species survives in old growth and secondary forest, and forest remnants within a mosaic of natural forest and older (>5yrs) tree plantations (R. Stuebing pers. comm.). It is more likely to be found in the lowlands (up to 300 m), though it is found up to 1000 m (K. H. Han pers. comm.).
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The major threat to this species is habitat loss.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is found in a few protected areas.
Citation: Han, K.H. & Stuebing, R. 2008. Tupaia picta. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 December 2008.
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