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Definition of tree shrew in English: tree shrewnoun A 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 Example sentencesExamples - Group III contains many of the most studied mammals, including the primates, rodents, rabbits, and a tree shrew.
- In the first scene a small bird rests peacefully in a tree with its back toward the next scene, evidently unaware of the small tree shrew perched beside a water jar below.
- 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.
- Like elephant shrews, tree shrews have often been considered a divergent family of Insectivora.
Definition of tree shrew in US English: tree shrewnoun A small squirrel-like insectivorous mammal with a pointed snout, native to Southeast 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 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- In the first scene a small bird rests peacefully in a tree with its back toward the next scene, evidently unaware of the small tree shrew perched beside a water jar below.
- They proposed a monophyletic clade that includes primates, the tree shrew, the flying lemur, rabbit, and rodents.
- Like elephant shrews, tree shrews have often been considered a divergent family of Insectivora.
- Group III contains many of the most studied mammals, including the primates, rodents, rabbits, and a tree shrew.
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