Mountain Treeshrew

Tupaia montana est un petit mammifère placentaire de la famille des Tupaiidae. Interaction écologique Cette espèce contribue à un exemple étonnant d'interaction plante-animal. Plusieurs espèces de plantes carnivores à piège passif du genre Nepenthes (Nepenthes lowii, N.

The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo and inhabits montane forests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia, as well as a part of southeastern Brunei. The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural History.

Tupaia es el género de tupayas con mayor número de especies y forma parte de la familia de los Tupaiidae, orden Scandentia. El género incluye las siguientes especies: Tupaya de Belanger (Tupaia belangeri) Tupaya de vientre dorado (Tupaia chrysogaster) Tupaya rayada (Tupaia dorsalis) Tupaya común (Tupaia glis) Tupaya esbelta (Tupaia gracilis) Tupaya de Java (Tupaia javanica) Tupaya de pies largos (Tupaia longipes) Tupaya pigmea (Tupaia minor) Tupaya de las islas Calamian (Tupaia moellendorffi) Tupaya de montaña (Tupaia montana) Tupaya de las islas Nicobar (Tupaia nicobarica) Tupaya de Palawan…