#0442 · 🦊 mammals
Northern Treeshrew
🇳🇱 Belangers Toepaja ·Tupaia belangeri
📍 V9RX+CPF, latpanchar, Latpanechar Forest, West Bengal 734008, India
📍 中国广西壮族自治区崇左市龙州县陇亨 邮政编码: 532412
📍 Public Park, Bangkok, Bangkok, TH
📍 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, TH
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © James M. Maley · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Walk A Long · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Bird Explorers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Duncan Martin Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © J. Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. V9RX+CPF, latpanchar, Latpanechar Forest, West Bengal 734008, India:© Asim Giri · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 中国广西壮族自治区崇左市龙州县陇亨 邮政编码: 532412:© Shuangqi Liu · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. Public Park, Bangkok, Bangkok, TH:© kviall · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, TH:© naturalistchu · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The northern treeshrew ( Tupaia belangeri ) is a treeshrew species native to Southeast Asia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,427 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Andreas Wagner in 1841 (185 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Treeshrew
- Nederlands
- Belangers Toepaja
- scientific name
- Tupaia belangeri
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Scandentia
- family
- Tupaiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,427
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1841 by Johann Andreas Wagner
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 46296, Wikidata Q378959, GBIF 2436268, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.