Authority citation: Waterhouse, G.R. 1850-06. Description of a new species of Tupaia discovered in continental India by Walter Elliot, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1849:106-108.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572538
Original name as described: Tupaia Ellioti
Nominal names: ellioti (G. R. Waterhouse, 1850) | elliotti (Jerdon, 1867) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | pallida Lyon, 1913 | wroughtoni Lyon, 1913
Other common names: Indian Treeshrew
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Scandentia -- Family: Tupaiidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1850.1.21.5
Type locality: "hills between Cuddapah and Nellox [= Nellore], in what may be termed the Eastern Ghats [= Velikonda Range]," Andhra Pradesh, India.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): India (IND)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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