Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew

Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew [1]
The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew from Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Scandentia
Family:	Tupaiidae
Genus:	Dendrogale
Species:	D. murina
Binomial name
Dendrogale murina (Schlegel & S. Müller, 1843)
Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew range

The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. ^[2] Their diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants. ^[4]

The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew inhabits tropical forests and disturbed areas, especially in dense bamboo and rattan thickets. It is commonly found along forest edges, stream valleys, and roadside bamboo groves. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Timmins, R.J. (2016). "Dendrogale murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T41490A22278606. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41490A22278606.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
4. Selig, Keegan R; Sargis, Eric J; Silcox, Mary T (2019-11-01). Scheibe, John (ed.). "The frugivorous insectivores? Functional morphological analysis of molar topography for inferring diet in extant treeshrews (Scandentia)". Journal of Mammalogy gyz151. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz151 . ISSN   0022-2372.
5. "Dendrogale murina (northern smooth-tailed tree shrew)". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
6. Kvartalnov, P. V. (2022-12-01). "Ecology and Behavior of the Slender-Tailed Tree Shrew (Dendrogale murina, Scandentia)". Biology Bulletin. 49 (7): 915–923. Bibcode:2022BioBu..49..915K. doi:10.1134/S1062359022070093. ISSN   1608-3059.

Further reading

• Endo et al. (July 1999) Functional morphology of the locomotor system in the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale murina). Annals of Anatomy. Vol. 181, Number 4. pp. 397–402
• Olson et al. (2005) Intraordinal phylogenetics of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia)based on evidence from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 35. pp. 656–673.
• Olson et al. (March 2004) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Treeshrews (Scandentia): A Review and Critique of the Morphological Evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Vol. 11, Number 1. pp. 49–71.
• Shchipanov, N. A.; A. A. Kalinin. (October 2006) Distribution of small mammals in three layers of south Vietnam rainforest. Doklady Biological Sciences. Vol. 410, Number 1. pp. 387–390.
• Timmins et al. (September 2003) Distribution, status and ecology of the mainland slender-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina.Mammal Review. Vol. 33, Issue 3–4. pp 272–283.