Tupaia belangeri (Wagner, 1841)

Don E. Wilson, 1993, Order Scandentia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 131-133 : 131-132

Tupaia belangeri (Wagner, 1841) . Schreber's Die Säugthiere, Suppl., 2:42.

TYPE LOCALITY: Burma, Pegu, near Rangoon, Siriam .

DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia N of 10° N latitude, Thailand, Burma, India, China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and associated coastal islands.

SYNONYMS: annamensis, assamensis, brunetta, chinensis, Clarissa, cambodiana, cochinchinensis, concolor, dissimilis, gaoligongensis, gonshanensis, kohtauensis, laotum, lepcha, modesta, olivacea, peguanus, pingi, siccata, sinus, tenaster, tonquinia, versurae, yaoshanensis, yunalis.

COMMENTS: This arrangement places all named forms north of the Isthmus of Kra in belangeri , the oldest named form from the region. Some may prove to be distinct species, and some names attributed to glis may actually prove to be belangeri . Immunological ( Dene et al., 1978) evidence supports this arrangement.