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Abstract
The only family of the order SCANDENTIA, variously included in the order Insectivora or in the order Primates, and often in the order Microscelidea, consisting of five genera. They are TUPAIA, Ananthana (Indian tree shrew), Dendrogale (small smooth-tailed tree shrew), Urogale (Mindanao tree shrew), and Ptilocercus (pen-tailed tree shrew). The tree shrews inhabit the forest areas of eastern Asia from India and southwestern China to Borneo and the Philippines.
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8 entry terms
- Shrews, Tree
- Tree Shrews
- Treeshrews
- Shrew, Tree
- Tree Shrew
- Treeshrew
- Ptilocercus
- Tupaiinae
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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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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse entry term TREE SHREWS with SHREWS (insectivore)
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History Note
81; was TREE SHREWS see under PROSIMIANS 1975-80, see under PRIMATES 1972-74
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tupaiidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014418. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014418
- Tupaiidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupaiidae
- Tupaiidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1184603