Birupes is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian tarantulas containing the single species, Birupes simoroxigorum. It was first described by R. Gabriel and D. Sherwood in 2019,[2] and it has only been found in Malaysia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019[1] |
| Species: | B. simoroxigorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Birupes simoroxigorum Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019[1]
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See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D. (2019). "A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Sarawak, Borneo (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Journal of the British Tarantula Society. 34 (1): 19–34.
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