family Tupaiidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Tupaiidae - tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primatesTupaiidaemammal family - a family of mammalsorder Scandentia, Scandentia - a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)genus Tupaia, Tupaia - the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrewstree shrew - insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snoutgenus Ptilocercus, Ptilocercus - pentails