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Definition of tree-shrew in English English dictionary
- Alternative spelling of tree shrew
- A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew and classified scientifically as order Scandentia
- treeshrew
- Alternative spelling of tree shrew
- tree shrew
- Any of various small squirrellike arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae found in southeast Asia, India, and southern China. Though sometimes placed in a separate taxonomic order, tree shrews are thought to be related to both insectivores and primates
- tree shrew
- insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout