Palawan Tree Shrew (Tupaia palawanensis)

Common Names:                 Discoverer:    Thomas, 1894 Category: VULNERABLE (but we recommend delisting). Distribution: Endemic to Palawan Faunal Region; recorded from Balabac (USNM), Busuanga (FMNH), Culion (FMNH), Cuyo (FMNH), and Palawan (FMNH). Habitat : Common in secondary and primary forest, coconut groves, bamboo thickets, and banana plantations (Dans, 1993;Hoogstraal, 1951; Sanborn, 1952) at "low to medium elevation" (Rabor, 1986). Status: Common and stable. Comments: Included in T. glis by Corbet and Hill (1992) but not by Wilson (1993) Conservation Efforts/Measures: Photograph Information: courtesy of

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