Tupaia belangeri
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a treeshrew species native to Southeast Asia. In 1841, the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner first used the specific name Cladobates belangeri for treeshrews that had been collected in Pegu during a French expedition to Southeast Asia. These specimens were described by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1834 in whose opinion they did not differ sufficiently from Tupaia tana to assign a specific rank.
Results of a telemetry study involving northern treeshrews showed that their body temperature varies from 35 °C (95 °F) during the night to 40 °C (104 °F) during the day. This difference is larger than in other endotherms, and indicates that the circadian rhythms of body temperature and locomotor activity are synchronized.
Adults weigh 0.2 kg (0.44 lb). The maximum longevity of the northern treeshrew is 11 years. Besides humans, the northern treeshrew is the only mammal known to willingly consume spicy food. This is due to a genetic mutation rendering it much less sensitive to the effects of capsaicin.
Complete mitochondrial genome data support the hypothesis of a closer phylogenetic relationship of... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Tierpark Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Natura Artis Magistra | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 5 | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Ostrava Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 7 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Saint Louis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Virginia Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Hanover Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 13 | Philadelphia Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Potter Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Akron Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 19 | Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 20 | Oceanium | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 21 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 22 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Bangkok, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Treeshrew sighting in Bangkok on a given day, based on 612 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 8 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July, September–October and December–March
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Treeshrew in Bangkok on a given day, against about 30% in April, June, August and November, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Treeshrew sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Bangkok, in our data
Bangkok is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Northern Treeshrew sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Treeshrew is recorded against all the mammals logged in Bangkok (612 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
