HyperDic: family_tupaiidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Tupaiidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Tupaiidae, Tupaiidaetree shrews
English > family Tupaiidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates.
SynonymTupaiidae
Member ofScandentia, order ScandentiaA small order comprising only the tree shrews
MembersPtilocercus, genus Ptilocercuspentails
Tupaia, genus TupaiaThe type genus of the Tupaia
tree shrewinsectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
Broadermammal familyA family of mammals

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