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Definition of Tree shrew
1. Noun. Insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout.
Group relationships: Family Tupaiidae, Tupaiidae
Specialized synonyms: Pen-tail, Pen-tailed Tree Shrew, Pentail
Definition of Tree shrew
1. Noun. A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew and classified scientifically as order ''Scandentia''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tree Shrew
Literary usage of Tree shrew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"I found in the stomach hair, a feather, and little pieces of white substance
similar to chewed kernels. [THE SUMATRAN TREE-SHREW (Tupaia, Horsfield, ..."
2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The Pegu Tree-Shrew (Jerdon's No. 88). HABITAT.—Sikim (Darjeeling), Assam and
through Arakan to Tenas- serim. DESCRIPTION.—Jerdon says : " General hue a ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"TREE-SHREW, any of the arboreal insectivorous mammals of the genus Tupaia.
There are about a dozen species, widely distributed over the east. ..."
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