Painted treeshrew
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T. picta
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Tupaia picta Thomas, 1892
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The painted treeshrew (Tupaia picta) is a treeshrew species of the family Tupaiidae.[1] It is endemic to Borneo and inhabits the forested lowlands of Brunei, Kalimantan, and Sarawak.[2] Its diet consists mainly of fruits and insects.
The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural History.[3]
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