Tupaia javanica Horsfield 1822

Tupaia javanica Horsfield 1822, Zool. Res. Java, pt. 3: (pages unno.).

Type Locality: Java, probably near Banjuwangi (far eastern Java; see Lyon, 1913:106).

Vernacular Names: Horsfield's Treeshrew.

Synonyms: Tupaia balina Thomas 1913; Tupaia bogoriensis Sody 1937; Tupaia occidentalis Robinson and Kloss 1918; Tupaia tjibruniensis Sody 1937 .

Distribution: Indonesia: Bali, Java, W Sumatra, and Nias.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Chasen (1940) and Hill (1960) offered opinions on subspecific taxonomy, but more study is needed. Known from Nias by a single specimen (Lyon, 1913:106).