Madras treeshrew [SEP] parent taxon
Madras treeshrew
The Madras treeshrew ("Anathana ellioti"), also known as the Indian treeshrew, is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus "Anathana" found in the hill forests of central and southern India. The genus name is derived from the Tamil name of "moongil anathaan" (literally "bamboo squirrel") and the species name is after Sir Walter Elliot of the Indian Civil Services in Madras.
Description.
This treeshrew is 16.0 to 18.5 cm long with a tail of 16.5 to
The Madras treeshrew is found on the Indian Subcontinent south of the Ganges River. Three subspecies have been described — "A. e. ellioti" of the Eastern Ghats, Biligirirangan and the Shevaroy Hills and other hills of Southern India, "A. e. pallida" from Central India primarily in Madhya Pradesh and Raipur, and "A. e. wroughtoni" from the Satpura Range and the Dangs near Bombay. They have been reported within the Western Ghats ranges of Wayanad (Periya) and Mahabaleshwar. The northernmost record is from Garhwa district of Bihar