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Tupaiidae (tree shrews)

Synonyms: Tupaeidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tupaiidae are one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. The family contains four genera and 19 species. The family name derives from tupai, the Malay word for treeshrew and also for squirrel which the Tupaiidae superficially resemble. Unlike shrews, they contain a fairly large brain for their size.
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Genus

Anathana (Madras tree shrew) (1)
Dendrogale (smooth-tailed tree shrews) (2)
Eodendrogale (1)
Prodendrogale (2)
Protungulatum (4)
Tupaia (tree shrews) (24)   (1)
Urogale (Philippine tree shrews) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0