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tree shrewnounA small squirrel-like insectivorous mammal with a pointed snout, native to SE Asia, especially Borneo.- Family Tupaiidae and order Scandentia: several genera, in particular Tupaia; tree shrews were formerly placed with either the insectivores or the primates.
They proposed a monophyletic clade that includes primates, the tree shrew, the flying lemur, rabbit, and rodents....- The mammals the researchers studied were the platypus, echidna, opossum, wallaby, hedgehog, mouse, rat, rabbit, cow, pig, bat, tree shrew, colugo, ringtail lemur, and humans.
- Group III contains many of the most studied mammals, including the primates, rodents, rabbits, and a tree shrew.
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