Family Tupaiidae Gray, 1825 . Ann. Philos., n.s., 10:339.

SYNONYMS: Cladobatae, Glisoricina.

COMMENTS: The classification of this family is controversial, but most evidence suggests a coherent natural group; see Campbell (1966, 1974), Dene et al. (1978), Elliott (1971), and Luckett (1980).