Definitions for tupaia
tu·pa·ia

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tupaia, genus Tupaianoun

   the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews

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1. tupaia

   Tupaia is a genus of mammals that are tree shrews. They are small and squirrel-like, found mainly in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Despite their name, they are not shrews and their exact classification is debated but they are now classified as Scandentia. They are omnivorous, feeding on insects, fruit and seeds. They have a high brain-to-body mass ratio compared to other mammals, which is approximately two-thirds that of humans. Some species of Tupaia, like the Northern Treeshrew, have even been studied for their extraordinary spatial memory capabilities.

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1. Tupaia

   Tupaia was a Polynesian navigator and arioi, originally from the island of Ra'iatea in the Pacific Islands group known to Europeans as the Society Islands. His remarkable navigational skills and Pacific geographical knowledge were to be utilised by Lt. James Cook, R.N. when he took him aboard HMS Endeavour as guide on its famous voyage of exploration. He joined the vessel near Tahiti, and was welcomed aboard on insistence of Sir Joseph Banks, a member of Cook's expedition. Tupaia drew a chart of all the islands within 2,000 miles radius of his home island of Ra'iatea. Tupaia had knowledge of 130 islands and named 74 on his chart. Tupaia had navigated from Ra'iatea in short voyages to 13 islands. He had not visited western Polynesia, as since his grandfather’s time the extent of voyaging by Raiateans has diminished to the islands of eastern Polynesia. His grandfather and father had passed to Tupaia the knowledge as to the location of the major islands of western Polynesia and the navigation information necessary to voyage to Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. As the Admiralty orders directed Cook to search for the “Great Southern Continent”, Cook ignored Tupaia’s chart and his skills as a navigator.

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1. Tupaia

   tū-pā′ya, n. the genus of squirrel-shrews found in the Malay Peninsula, &c.

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1. Tupaia

   A genus of tree shrews of the family TUPAIIDAE which consists of about 12 species. One of the most frequently encountered species is T. glis. Members of this genus inhabit rain forests and secondary growth areas in southeast Asia.

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1. • Mammal Genus

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tupaia in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tupaia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tupaia
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tupaia
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tupaia