TUPAIIDAE, Gray, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Tupaiidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 242-269 : 242

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6779158
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6779160
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scientific name	TUPAIIDAE
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Family TUPAIIDAE View in CoL (TREESHREWS)

• Small terrestrial to arboreal generalist foragers, typically olivaceous brown but some with bright pelage on upperparts and tails, nearly all with pale markings on shoulders; many adaptable to anthropogenic disturbance.

• 20-45 cm. View Figure

• Indo-Malayan Region, marginally into Palearctic Region. •

• Mostly tropical rainforests but also scrub jungle; montane, evergreen, and deciduous forests; plantations.

• 3 genera, 22 species, 47 taxa.

• 2 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.