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Mountain treeshrew

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The mountain treeshrew is dark grizzled rufous above with an indistinct black line along the back. Its tail is rather short and grizzled rufous above, but below more olivaceous yellow with a black tip. The lateral tail hairs are ringed. The head and body length measures 15–33 cm and the tail
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Results of a behavioral study of a group of 12 wild-caught captive mountain treeshrews indicate that they are more social than groups of other treeshrew species. Two males tended to dominate the group. Females had an
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In their natural habitat, mountain treeshrews were observed being active during the day. They forage on the ground among fallen logs and branches where they feed mostly on
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lasted 49 to 51 days. They did not display a distinct reproductive season. Litters comprised one to two young.
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Trap geometry in three giant montane pitcher plant species from Borneo is a function of tree shrew body size
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and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the
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Greenwood, M., Clarke, C., Lee, C.C., Gunsalam, A., Clarke, R. H. (2011).
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collected the first specimen at about 4,000 ft (1,200 m) on
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A unique resource mutualism between the giant Bornean pitcher plant,
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The social and reproductive behavior of Tupaia montana in captivity
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (9): 250–254.
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia
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On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago
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Tupaia montana

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
CITES
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Scandentia
Tupaiidae
Tupaia
Binomial name
Thomas

treeshrew
Tupaiidae
endemic
Borneo
montane forests
Sarawak
Sabah
Kalimantan
Indonesia
Oldfield Thomas
British Museum of Natural History

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