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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