Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel 1857

Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel 1857, Handl. Beoef. Dierk., Vol. 1: 59.

Type Locality: W Borneo, lower Kapuas River.

Vernacular Names: Striped Treeshrew.

Distribution: Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak (Malaysia), Brunei, and Kalimantan (Indonesia) except SE, at low to moderate elevations (below 1,000 m).

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

Discussion: Endemic to Borneo. United with T. tana in the genus Tana by Lyon (1913), but this arrangement is probably not natural (see Dene et al., 1978).