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Tupaia palawanesis
Thomas,
1894. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 9:251.
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ORDER—SCANDENTIA
FAMILY—Tupalidae
COMMON NAME—Palawan tree shrew.
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. IUCN—Vulnerable (but we recommend
delisting).
COMMENT—Included in T. glis by Corbet and Hill (1992) but
not by Wilson (1993)
NOTE ADDED IN 2005--Common to abundant in agricultural areas and in secondary and primary lowland forest (Esselstyn et al, 2004).
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