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title: "Tupaya de montaña"
description: "Tupaia montana — Mamíferos. The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/mountain-treeshrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tupaya de montaña

> Tupaia montana — Mamíferos. The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae.

- Scientific name: *Tupaia montana*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `mountains` (Montañas), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 208
- Wikidata: [Q774635](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774635)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46285](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46285)

## Names

- en: Mountain Treeshrew
- de: Hochlandspitzhörnchen
- es: Tupaya de montaña
- fr: Toupaye des montagnes
- nl: Bergtoepaja

## Countries with the most observations

MY (191)

## Summary

The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo and inhabits montane forests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia, as well as a part of southeastern Brunei.
The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural History.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_treeshrew

## Photo

![Tupaya de montaña](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-treeshrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252817279

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-treeshrew?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).