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Scandentia

An order of the class MAMMALS that consists of one family, TUPAIIDAE (tree shrews), 5 genera (one of which is TUPAIA), and 16 species. Their recent distribution is from India to the Philippines, southern China to Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Bali, and other islands in those regions.

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An order of the class MAMMALS that consists of one family, TUPAIIDAE (tree shrews), 5 genera (one of which is TUPAIA), and 16 species. Their recent distribution is from India to the Philippines, southern China to Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Bali, and other islands in those regions.

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Scandentia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016675. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016675
  2. Scandentia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treeshrew
  3. Scandentia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231550