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SPECIES Tupaia nicobarica

Author:Zelebor, 1869.
Citation:Reise Oesterr. Fregatte Nov. Zool., 1(Wirbelth.)(1(Säugeth.)): 17, pl. 1.
Common Name:Nicobar Treeshrew
Type Locality:Nicobar Isls, Great Nicobar Isl.
Distribution:Great and Little Nicobar Isls (India).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:A distinctive species with two slightly-differentiated subspecies. Part of the small assemblage of mammal species endemic to the Nicobar Isls that also includes Pteropus faunulus, Rattus palmarum and Crocidura nicobarica.
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SUBSPECIES nicobarica

SUBSPECIES surda

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