Checklist of Mammals of Danum Valley

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

CHECKLIST OF MAMMALS OF DANUM VALLEY 1. Pangolins MANIDAE - Sunda Pangolin Manis Javanica 2. Mooonrats & allies ERINACIEDAE - Moonrat Echinosorex Gymnurus 3. Tree Shrews TUPAIIDAE - Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis - Lesser Treeshrew Tupaia minor - Striped Treeshrew Tupaia dorsalis - Large Treeshrew Tupaia tana - Painted Treeshrew Tupaia picta - Ruddy Treeshrew Tupaia splendida 4. Flying Lemurs CYNOCEPHALIDAE - Colugo Cynocephalus variegates 5. Fruit-bats PTEROPIDAE - Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus - Island Flying Fox Pteropus hypomelanus 6. Lorises LORIDAE - Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang 7. Tarsiers TARSIIDAE - Western Tarsier Tarsius bancanus 8. Old World Monkeys CERCOPITHECIDAE - Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis - Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina - Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus - Red Leaf Monkey Presbytis rubicunda - Silvered Leaf Monkey Presbytis cristata 9. Gibbons HYLOBATIDAE - Borneon Gibbon Hylobates muelleri 10. Orangutan PONGIDAE - Borneon Orangutan Pongo pymaeus 11. Bears URSIDAE - Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus 12. Weasels MUSTELIDAE - Yellow-throated Marten Martes fulvigula - Malay Weasel Mustila nudipes - Ferret Badger Melogale orientalis - Malay Badger Mydaus javanensis - Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana - Smooth Otter Lutrogale perspicillata - Common Otter Lutra lutra - Oriental Small-clawed Otter Aonycx cinerea 13. Civets VIVERRIDAE - Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga - Banded Linsang Prionodon lisang - Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphrodilus - Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata - Binturong Arctitis binturong - Smooth-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata - Banded Palm Civet Hemigalus derbyanus 14. Mongooses HERPESTIDAE - Short-tailed Mongoose Herpestes brachyurus - Hoses’s Mongoose Herpestes hosei 15. Cats FELIDAE - Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa - Leopard Cat Felis viverrinus - Marbled Cat Felis marmorata - Flat-headed Cat Felis planiceps - Golden Cat Felis temminckii - Bay Cat Felis badia 16. Elephants ELEPHANTIDAE - Asian Elephant Elaphus maximus 17. Rhinoceros RHINOCEROTIDAE - Sumatran Rhinoceros Didermocercus sumatrensis 18. Pigs SUIDAE - Bearded Pig Sus barbatus 19. Mouse-Deer TRAGULIDAE - Lesser Mouse Deer Tragulus javanicus - Large Mouse Deer Tragulus napu 20. Deer CERVIDAE - Common Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak - Borneon Yellow Barking Muntiacus atherodes - Sambar Cervus unicolor 21. Squirrels SCIURIDAE - Prevosts’s Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii - Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus - Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus hippurus - Low’s Squirrel Sundasciurus lowi - Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insigitis - Plain Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis -Tufted Ground Squirrel Rheithosciurus macrotis 22. Flying Squirrel PTEROMYIDAE - Horsfield’s Flying Squirrel Iomys horsfieldi - Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas - Thomas’s Flying Squirrel Aeromys thomasi - Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista - Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans 23. Old World Porcupines HYSTRICIDAE - Common Malayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyuran - Thick-spined Porcupine Thecurus crassispinis - Long-tailed Porcupine Trichys lipura .

Copy Link

Recommended publications

The Conservation Behaviorist
The Conservation Behaviorist Heidi Fisher, student at Boston University, receives E. O. Wilson Conservation Award Animal Behavior Society ABS Conservation Committee The Conservation Behaviorist, an electronic biannual news-update, informs ABS members about the Conservation Committee’s activities, research trends in behavior and conservation, and relevant scientific news in conservation research where behavior plays an important role. The Conservation Behaviorist Vol. 3, No. 1, May 2005 ____________________________________________________________ In this issue The ABS Conservation Committee ..……………………….. 2 Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior........................................ 2 Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf and Mark L. Wildhaber join ABS Conservation Committee…………………………………….. 2 Perspectives: Animal Cognition and its Role in Conservation Behavior, by Guillermo Paz-y-Miño C.……………………... 3 Feature Article: Conservation Behavior in Borneo’s logged forests, by Jason Munshi-South….…………………..……….5 Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting……………………7 Excerpts From Back Issues …………………...…………….10 © Photo Sherri Michaud Conservation Tips By Daniel T. Blumstein “…As a field biologist, it is difficult not to become a conservationist, particularly when Is there anything a behaviorist can you study animal behavior. An animal’s first do to help conservation? response to a stressor is often a change at Work in an endangered habitat. Even if you the behavioral level. Behavior is a reliable are not focusing on an endangered species, indicator of ecological disturbance…” says by working in an endangered habitat you will Fisher. Her proposal “Communication breakdown illustrate, by example, the value of the habitat and hybridization in Xiphophorus fishes” will be and you may be able to collect additional funded by the ABS Student Research Grant information that will be useful for endangered Program and she will receive the 2005 E.
[Show full text]
New Distribution Information on Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus Cinereus Thomas, 1888) in Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 44(5), pp. 1333-1342, 2012. New Distribution Information on Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas, 1888) in Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Qamar Zaman Qamar,1 Usman Ali,2 Riaz Aziz Minhas,3 Naeem Iftikhar Dar4 and Maqsood Anwar5 * 1Department of Secondary Education, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. 2 Department of Zoology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. 3Department of Zoology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad. 4Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. 5Department of Wildlife Management, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Abstract.- Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) is among the least recorded mammals of the world. Most records come from Pakistan’s northern mountainous regions. Presence of this species has not been reported in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the existing literature. Present study investigated the presence of this species in Shounthar Valley of district Neelum, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Local residents, hunters and Salaajeet collectors were consulted to identify the probable habitat of woolly flying squirrel in the study area. After preliminary consultation, nine sites were selected in Shounthar Valley for further field investigation through attempts at direct observation of the animal in its natural habitat as well as indirect evidence. Evidence suggesting the presence of woolly flying squirrel was found in all nine sites; these lay between 3270m and 3660m elevation. A live animal captured from the study area was confirmed by measurements and photographs to be a woolly flying squirrel, and presence at the other sites is provisionally recorded based on calls, collection of hairs, faecal material, etc.
[Show full text]
Checklist of the Mammals of Indonesia
CHECKLIST OF THE MAMMALS OF INDONESIA Scientific, English, Indonesia Name and Distribution Area Table in Indonesia Including CITES, IUCN and Indonesian Category for Conservation i ii CHECKLIST OF THE MAMMALS OF INDONESIA Scientific, English, Indonesia Name and Distribution Area Table in Indonesia Including CITES, IUCN and Indonesian Category for Conservation By Ibnu Maryanto Maharadatunkamsi Anang Setiawan Achmadi Sigit Wiantoro Eko Sulistyadi Masaaki Yoneda Agustinus Suyanto Jito Sugardjito RESEARCH CENTER FOR BIOLOGY INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES (LIPI) iii © 2019 RESEARCH CENTER FOR BIOLOGY, INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES (LIPI) Cataloging in Publication Data. CHECKLIST OF THE MAMMALS OF INDONESIA: Scientific, English, Indonesia Name and Distribution Area Table in Indonesia Including CITES, IUCN and Indonesian Category for Conservation/ Ibnu Maryanto, Maharadatunkamsi, Anang Setiawan Achmadi, Sigit Wiantoro, Eko Sulistyadi, Masaaki Yoneda, Agustinus Suyanto, & Jito Sugardjito. ix+ 66 pp; 21 x 29,7 cm ISBN: 978-979-579-108-9 1. Checklist of mammals 2. Indonesia Cover Desain : Eko Harsono Photo : I. Maryanto Third Edition : December 2019 Published by: RESEARCH CENTER FOR BIOLOGY, INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES (LIPI). Jl Raya Jakarta-Bogor, Km 46, Cibinong, Bogor, Jawa Barat 16911 Telp: 021-87907604/87907636; Fax: 021-87907612 Email: [email protected] . iv PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION This book is a third edition of checklist of the Mammals of Indonesia. The new edition provides remarkable information in several ways compare to the first and second editions, the remarks column contain the abbreviation of the specific island distributions, synonym and specific location. Thus, in this edition we are also corrected the distribution of some species including some new additional species in accordance with the discovery of new species in Indonesia.
[Show full text]
Endemism and Diversity of Small Mammals Along Two Neighboring Bornean Mountains
Endemism and diversity of small mammals along two neighboring Bornean mountains Miguel Camacho-Sanchez1,2,*, Melissa T.R. Hawkins3,4,5,*, Fred Tuh Yit Yu6, Jesus E. Maldonado3 and Jennifer A. Leonard1 1 Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics Group, Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain 2 CiBIO—Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal 3 Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA 5 Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA 6 Sabah Parks, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia * These authors contributed equally to this work. ABSTRACT Mountains offer replicated units with large biotic and abiotic gradients in a reduced spatial scale. This transforms them into well-suited scenarios to evaluate biogeographic theories. Mountain biogeography is a hot topic of research and many theories have been proposed to describe the changes in biodiversity with elevation. Geometric constraints, which predict the highest diversity to occur in mid-elevations, have been a focal part of this discussion. Despite this, there is no general theory to explain these patterns, probably because of the interaction among different predictors with the local effects of historical factors. We characterize the diversity of small non-volant mammals across the elevational gradient on Mount (Mt.) Kinabalu (4,095 m) and Mt. Tambuyukon (2,579 m), two neighboring mountains in Borneo, Malaysia. We documented a decrease in species richness with elevation which deviates from expectations of the geometric constraints and suggests that spatial Submitted 14 February 2018 Accepted 9 September 2019 factors (e.g., larger diversity in larger areas) are important.
[Show full text]
Gliding Behavior of Japanese Giant Flying Squirrels (Petaurista Leucogenys)
Journal of Mammalogy, 83(2):553-562, 2002 GLIDING BEHAVIOR OF JAPANESE GIANT FLYING SQUIRRELS (PETAURISTA LEUCOGENYS) BRIAN J. STAFFORD,* RICHARD W. THORINGTON, JR., AND TAKEO KAWAMICHI Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, 520 W Street NW, Washington, DC 20059 (BJS) Division of Mammals, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0108 (BJS, RWT) Department of Biology, Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Osaka, Sumiyoshi-ku 558•8585, Japan (TK) Gliding behavior of Japanese giant flying squirrels, Petaurista leucogenys, was studied at Nara Park, Japan. We observed 150 glides. We were able to calculate glide ratios on 57 glides and airspeeds on 29 glides. Glide ratios (distance/faltitude lost]) averaged 1.87, and a glide ratio of 3•3.5 seems to represent an upper performance limit for P. leucogenys. Airspeeds (4.39•9.47 m/s) were substantially lower than reported in other studies, and glide angles were higher (17.74•34.99°). Aspect ratios of the animals in mid-glide averaged 1.42. Key words: aerodynamics, flying squirrels, gliding, locomotion, musasabi, Petaurista, Pteromyinae Gliding is a common adaptation in mam- 1990; Jackson 2000; Russell and Dijkstra mals. It has evolved independently in at 2001; Scholey 1986; Stafford 1999; Thor- least 6 extant taxa: Volitantia (the dermop- ington et al. 1996 and references therein). terans and bats), Pteromyinae (true gliding Morphological studies of flying squirrels in- squirrels), Anomaluridae (scaly-tail "flying clude examinations of skeletal proportions squirrels"), Acrobates (feather-tail gliders), (Stafford 1999; Thorington and Heaney Petaurus (lesser gliding possums), and Pe- 1981), myology (Endo et al.
[Show full text]
Trip Report 27Th September to 3Rd October 2014
Bali Trip Report 27th September to 3rd October 2014 Green Junglefowl by David Hoddinott RBT Bali 2014 Trip Report 2 Trip report compiled by Tour Leader: David Hoddinott Some of the top birds seen during this tour: 1. Sunda Thrush 7. Javan Kingfisher 2. Javan Banded Pitta 8. Oriental Plover 3. Javan Owlet 9. Sunda Scops Owl 4. Green Junglefowl 10. Cerulean Kingfisher 5. Bali Myna 11. Sunda Warbler 6. Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot 12. Crescent-chested Babbler Tour Summary Our comprehensive Bali tour was a resounding success! We recorded a fabulous 163 species including a good number of near-endemics and Bali’s only endemic (and one of the world’s rarest birds to boot), the magnificent Bali Myna! On our first afternoon we all met up at our comfortable ecolodge in the wooded outskirts of Denpasar. Some participants had just arrived in Bali from their international flights and the rest of us had recently flown in from Manado, after having completed a fabulous Sulawesi & Halmahera tour. Everyone had arrived in good time and after enjoying a delicious lunch we ventured out to the nearby Serangan Island to Oriental Plovers by David Hoddinott enjoy some bonus birding. The mudflats, mangroves and surrounding grassland here rewarded us with great sightings in the good, late afternoon light. Some of the highlights included a good number of Sunda Teal, Little Pied and Little Black Cormorants, Australian Pelican – a nice surprise, sneaky Ruddy-breasted Crake, a plethora of waders including splendid Beach Stone- curlew and Javan and the very sought-after Oriental Plover, smashing Little Tern in full breeding plumage, Island Collared Dove, Savanna Nightjar, Cave Swiftlet hawking insects over the ponds, and cracking Cerulean Kingfisher.
[Show full text]
Tree Species Composition and Configuration Based on Squirrel Behaviour Pattern in Selected Malaysian Urban Parks
TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION AND CONFIGURATION BASED ON SQUIRREL BEHAVIOUR PATTERN IN SELECTED MALAYSIAN URBAN PARKS NORAINI BAHARI A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying Universiti Teknologi Malaysia AUGUST 2019 DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to: Mak and Abah Nur Adlina, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Aiman and Nurin Syuhada iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Professor Dr. Ismail bin Said for the continuous support of my PhD study and related research, for his patience, motivation, and knowledge sharing. His guidance has helped me a lot in completing this research and writing of this thesis. To my first co- supervisor, I would like to thank Associate Professor Dr. Ismail Mohamad for his insightful comments and guidance in the statistical aspects in this PhD research. Not forgetting, my second co-supervisor Dr. Noradila Rusli @ Ruslik for her tireless guidance throughout the research in the GIS application. I am also grateful to Dr. Nurul Nadiah Sahimi and Dr. Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain for their enlightenment and discussions we have together. Last but not least, my dearest sister Hayati for supporting me spiritually, emotionally and financially. Finally, I would like to express my profound gratitude to my B12 beloved postgraduate friends - Mega, Nurun, Amalina, Jo, Irfan, Ibu Arty, Adik Yeo and Janna for their continuous encouragement throughout my years of PhD study in UTM. v ABSTRACT In Malaysian urban parks, observing wildlife activity, particularly squirrels, is not a popular recreational activity among their users.
[Show full text]
Squirrels of Sulawesi: an Introduction
Squirrels of Sulawesi: An introduction by David Mead 2013 Sulang Language Data and Working Papers: Topics in Lexicography, no. 26 Sulawesi Language Alliance http://sulang.org/ SulangLexTopics026-v1 LANGUAGES Language of materials : English ABSTRACT This article has two parts. The first part comprises thumbnail sketches of the twelve squirrel species found on the island of Sulawesi. The second part is a description of some other small mammals which may potentially be confused with squirrels, at least during the initial phases of lexicography research. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1: Checklist of squirrel species; Giant squirrels; Beautiful squirrels; Dwarf squirrels; Long-nosed squirrels; Part 2: Some similar animals from around Indonesia; Tarsiers; Tree shrews; Flying squirrels; Colugos; Sugar gliders; Cuscuses; References. VERSION HISTORY Version 2 [31 July 2014] Checklist updated to accord with Musser et al. (2010) and to a greater or lesser extent all thumbnail descriptions revised. Version 1 [26 June 2013] Drafted October 2010, significantly revised June 2013. © 2010–2014 by David Mead Text is licensed under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. Images are licensed as individually noted in the text. Squirrels of Sulawesi: An introduction by David Mead This article has two parts. The first part comprises thumbnail sketches of the twelve squirrel species found on the island of Sulawesi, as they are currently recognized. The second part is a description of some other small mammals which may potentially be confused with squirrels, at least during the initial phases of lexicography research before the live animal is encountered. My source for squirrel species present on Sulawesi is Musser et al.
[Show full text]
107 Rare Mammals Recorded in Borneo – Malaysia
TAPROBANICA , ISSN 1800-427X. October, 2011. Vol. 03, No. 02: pp. 107-109. © Taprobanica Private Limited, Jl. Kuricang 18 Gd.9 No.47, Ciputat 15412, Tangerang, Indonesia. Rare mammals recorded in Borneo – Order: Erinaceomorpha Malaysia Short-tailed Gymnure, Hylomys suillus dorsalis (endemic subspecies): Mesilau Resort, Kinabalu National Park, 1900 m (Fig. 2). While on a wildlife-watching trip to Sabah, Borneo, May 21 to June 5, 2011, Jeffrey Harding and I saw several rare and endangered mammal species whose distributions are not well known. Following is a list of the rarest ones with notes on location, elevation, and conservation status. Elevations were taken with a Barigo altimeter. Conservation status notes are based on IUCN (2011). Taxonomy follows Wilson & Reeder (2005). Evidence included field notes and photographs for most species mentioned below. I offer these notes in case they may be of use in future conservation efforts or distribution studies. Order: Carnivora Fig. 2: Short-tailed Gymnure Small-toothed Palm Civet, Arctogalidia trivirgata stigmaticus: not listed as endangered, but Order: Primates population decreasing and range poorly known. I Besides the common and widespread Long-tailed photographed (Fig. 1) one at night on the middle Macaques (M. fascicularis) and Silvered Lutungs Kinabatangan River feeding on figs. Unlike the (Trachypithecus cristatus), we saw the following illustrations in Payne et al. (1985) and Francis endangered species in the wild: (2008), this individual has thin, dark lateral bars on its sides and stripes on the side of its neck, in Southern Pig-tailed Macaque, Macaca addition to the usual dark longitudinal stripes on the nemestrina (vulnerable, population decreasing).
[Show full text]
Indonesia 24 September to 15 October 2013
Indonesia 24 September to 15 October 2013 Dave D Redfield Mammal Tour Picture: Sunda Flying Lemur (Colugo) with young by Richard White Report compiled by Richard White The story: 5 islands, 22 days and 52 mammals... A journey to a land where lizards fly, squirrels are the size of mice, civets look like otters and deer are no bigger than small annoying poodles...Indonesia! Where did this all begin...? In late June I was thinking of heading to Asia for a break. After yet another Tasmanian winter I wanted to sweat, get soaked in a tropical rain shower, get hammered by mosquitoes...I wanted to eat food with my hands (and not get stared at), wear sandals, drink cheap beer...and of course experience an amazing diversity of life. While researching some options I contacted my former employer and good friend Adam Riley from Rockjumper Birding Tours/Indri and he suggested I touch base with a client that I had arranged trips for before. The client (and now friend!) in question, Dave Redfield, has seen an aPD]LQJYDULHW\RIWKHZRUOG¶VPDPPDO species but, at that time, had yet to visit Indonesia. So, armed with a target list and a 22 day budget, I sat down and began researching and designing a tour in search of a select suit of mammal species for Dave. Time, terrain, concentration of species and cost were considered. We settled on a few days in mammal hotspots on Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and finally Bali, in that order. %DOLZDVDOVRFKRVHQDVDJRRGSODFHWRZLQGGRZQDIWHUµURXJKLQJLW¶ though the rest of Indonesia. It is also worth mentioning that Dave, realising that seeing all the ZRUOG¶Vmammals in the wild is an impossible target, does count mammals seen in captivity; the target list of species was thus not what one might have expected (for example, a Red Spiny Mouse was a priority but Babirusa was not).
[Show full text]
Phylogenies of Flying Squirrels (Pteromyinae)
Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 9, No. 1/2, June 2002 (© 2002) Phylogenies of Flying Squirrels (Pteromyinae) Richard W. Thorington, Jr.,'''* Diane Pitassy,^ and Sharon A. Jansa^ The phylogeny of flying squirrels was assessed, based on analyses of 80 morphological characters. Three published hypotheses were tested with constraint trees and compared with trees based on heuristic searches, all using PAUP*. Analyses were conducted on unordered data, on ordered data (Wagner), and on ordered data using Dollo parsimony. Compared with trees based on heuristic searches, the McKenna (1962) constraint trees were consistently the longsst, requiring 8-11 more steps. The Mein (1970) constraint trees were shorter, requiring five to seven steps more than the unconstrained trees, and the Thorington and Darrow (20(X)) constraint trees were shorter yet, zero to one step longer than the corresponding unconstrained tree. In each of the constraint trees, some of the constrained nodes had poor character support. The heuristic trees provided best character support for three groups, but they did not resolve the basal trichotomy between a Glaucomys group of six genera, a Petaurista group of four genera, and a Trogopterus group of four genera. The inclusion of the small northern Eurasian flying squirrel, Pteminys, in the Peiaiiiisia group of giant South Asian flying squirrels is an unexpected hypothesis. Another novel hypothesis is the inclusion of the genus Aemmys, large animals from the Sunda Shelf, with the Trogopterus group of smaller "complex-toothed flying squirrels" from mainland Malaysia and southeast Asia. We explore the implications of this study for future analysis of molecular data and for past and future interpretations of the fossil record.
[Show full text]
Characterization of 12 Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers in the Chinese Tree Shrew (Tupaia Belangeri Chinensis)
Zoological Research 34 (E2): E62−E68 doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2013.E02E62 Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Chinese tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) Xiao-Hong LIU1, 4, Yong-Gang YAO1, 2, 3,* 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; 2. Kunming Primate Research Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; 3. Tree Shrew Inbreeding Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; 4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Abstract: The Chinese tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) is a small experimental animal with a close affinity to primates. This species has long been proposed to be an alternative experimental animal to primates in biomedical research. Despite decades of study, there is no pure breed for this animal, and the overall genetic diversity of wild tree shrews remains largely unknown. In order to obtain a set of genetic markers for evaluating the genetic diversity of tree shrew wild populations and tracing the lineages in inbreeding populations, we developed 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers from the genomic DNA of the tree shrew. An analysis of a wild population of 117 individuals collected from the suburb of Kunming, China, showed that these loci exhibited a highly expected heterozygosity (0.616). These 12 microsatellites were sufficient for individual identification and parentage analysis. The microsatellite markers developed in this study will be of use in evaluating genetic diversity and lineage tracing for the tree shrew.
[Show full text]