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Striped treeshrew

Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel, 1857

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The striped treeshrew (Tupaia dorsalis) is a species in the family Tupaiidae, order Scandentia. Recorded adults weigh 168.1 g to 265 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

Striped treeshrew (Tupaia dorsalis)
Photo: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc; Imprimerie de Lacrampe; Lesson, R. P. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the striped treeshrew

Weight
168.1 g – 265 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the striped treeshrew live?

Not recorded

What is the striped treeshrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The striped treeshrew (Tupaia dorsalis) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae.

It is endemic to Borneo and known only from a few individuals in Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan.

From the Wikipedia article “Striped treeshrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Striped_treeshrew&oldid=1315256405), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the striped treeshrew endangered?

The striped treeshrew is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species.

How is the striped treeshrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderScandentia
  5. familyTupaiidae
  6. genusTupaia
  7. SpeciesTupaia dorsalis Schlegel, 1857
Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Striped ScandentianEnglish
  • Striped tree shrewEnglish
  • Striped tree shrewEnglish
  • tana pruhovanáCzech
  • StreifenspitzhörnchenGerman
  • Musaraña de árbol rayadaSpanish
  • juovatupaijaFinnish
  • Tupaïa rayéFrench
  • Toupaye rayéFrench
  • Tupaja rayéFrench
  • シマツパイJapanese
  • StripetrespissmusNorwegian Bokmål
  • Gestreepte ToepajaDutch
  • Tupaja pasiastaPolish
  • Полосатая тупайяRussian
  • กระแตลายแถบThai

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Relatives of the striped treeshrew

Other species in the same genus Tupaia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the striped treeshrew?

An adult striped treeshrew weighs 168.1 g – 265 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the striped treeshrew endangered?

The striped treeshrew is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

What kind of animal is the striped treeshrew?

The striped treeshrew (Tupaia dorsalis) belongs to the family Tupaiidae in the order Scandentia.

Sources and how to cite this page

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BibTeX
@misc{striped_treeshrew_2026,
  title = {Striped treeshrew (Tupaia dorsalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-treeshrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}