Treeshrew - Classification

Classification

Treeshrews were moved from Insectivora to the Primates order, because of certain internal similarities to the latter (for example, similarities in the brain anatomy, highlighted by Sir Wilfred Le Gros Clark), and classified as a primitive prosimian. However, recent molecular phylogenetic studies have strongly suggested that treeshrews should be given the same rank (order) as the primates and, with the primates and the flying lemurs (colugos), belong to the clade Euarchonta. According to this classification, the Euarchonta are sister to the Glires (lagomorphs and rodents), and the two groups are combined into the clade Euarchontoglires. Other arrangements of these orders have been proposed.

• ORDER SCANDENTIA
  • Family Tupaiidae
    • Genus Anathana
      • Madras Treeshrew, Anathana ellioti
    • Genus Dendrogale
      • Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew, Dendrogale melanura
      • Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew, Dendrogale murina
    • Genus Tupaia
      • Northern Treeshrew, Tupaia belangeri
      • Golden-bellied Treeshrew, Tupaia chrysogaster
      • Striped Treeshrew, Tupaia dorsalis
      • Common Treeshrew, Tupaia glis
      • Slender Treeshrew, Tupaia gracilis
      • Horsfield's Treeshrew, Tupaia javanica
      • Long-footed Treeshrew, Tupaia longipes
      • Pygmy Treeshrew, Tupaia minor
      • Calamian Treeshrew, Tupaia moellendorffi
      • Mountain Treeshrew, Tupaia montana
      • Nicobar Treeshrew, Tupaia nicobarica
      • Palawan Treeshrew, Tupaia palawanensis
      • Painted Treeshrew, Tupaia picta
      • Ruddy Treeshrew, Tupaia splendidula
      • Large Treeshrew, Tupaia tana
    • Genus Urogale
      • Mindanao Treeshrew, Urogale evereti
  • Family Ptilocercidae
    • Genus Ptilocercus
      • Pen-tailed Treeshrew, Ptilocercus lowii