TREE SHREW


Meaning of TREE SHREW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1893

: any of a family (Tupaiidae of the order Scandentia) of small southeast Asian mammals that resemble squirrels, are of semiarboreal or terrestrial habit, feed chiefly on insects and fruit, and are sometimes classified as true insectivores or primitive primates

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