common treeshrew

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q581661
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Summary

common treeshrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (930 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Tupaia[5]
  • Taxon name: Tupaia glis[6]
  • Commons category: Tupaia glis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tupaia glis[8]
  • Commons gallery: Tupaia glis[9]
  • Original combination: Sorex glis[10]
  • Taxon synonym: Tupaia ferruginea[11]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[12]
  • Short name: T. glis[13]
  • Taxon common name: Common Treeshrew[14], Common Tree Shrew[15], Rostrotes Spitzhörnchen[16], Gewöhnliches Spitzhörnchen[17], Gewöhnliches Tupaia[18]
  • Gestation period: 50 day[19]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 12.4 years[20]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[21]

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Identifiers

common treeshrew's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46283[22]. common treeshrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9395[23]. common treeshrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327851[24]. common treeshrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436271[25]. common treeshrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 573220[26].

Why It Matters

common treeshrew has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Enwebb · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn taxon id → 41494, 111872341
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'avk', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 5w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original combination → Sorex glis
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Parent taxon → Tupaia
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+50'}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
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