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‖ Tupaia Zool.|tuːˈpaɪə|
[mod.L., ad. Malay tūpai squirrel, in tūpai tāna ground-squirrel.]
A genus of insectivorous mammals, typical of the family Tupaiidæ, including the Banxring, Tupaia peguana, of Burma and Pegu, and the Tana tupai, Tupaia tana, of Borneo, etc. (sometimes erroneously called the Tana).
1820Sir T. S. Raffles in Linnæan Trans. (1822) XIII. 256 Tupaia... Snout elongated... Habit and tail of a Squirrel. Ibid. 257 Tupaia Tana. 1824Horsfield Zool. Res. Java s.v. Tupaia, The Bangsring fell under my observation during an early period of my researches in Java. 1847Carpenter Zool. §179 The last family..Tupaidae, at present contains only one genus, the Tupaia or Banxring..of which only three species are known. 1868Owen Vertebr. Anim. III. xxx. 428 The Tupaias and some of the snouted⁓shrews. |