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Tupaia chrysogaster (Golden-bellied Treeshrew; Golden-bellied Tree Shrew)

Wikipedia Abstract

The golden-bellied treeshrew (Tupaia chrysogaster) is a treeshrew species in the family Tupaiidae.It is also called Mentawai treeshrew as it is endemic to the Indonesian Mentawai islands of Sipora, North and South Pagai. It lives in forests, and is considered endangered due to habitat loss since the islands' forests are continuously logged.
View Wikipedia Record: Tupaia chrysogaster

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Tupaia chrysogaster

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
61
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.21
EDGE Score: 4.73
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  159 grams
Birth Weight [1]  13 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  90 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 months 16 days
Male Maturity [1]  90 days
Gestation [1]  46 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  3
Maximum Longevity [1]  12 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mentawai Islands rain forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0