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insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout

: any of various small arboreal mammals (family Tupaiidae) of southeastern Asia that in appearance greatly resemble squirrels but may be distinguished by the very long pointed snout and sometimes by a distichous tail — compare pentail

any of several insectivorous, arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae, of southern Asia and adjacent islands, resembling a squirrel and having a long snout.

[1890-95]

tree shrew noun

A squirrel-shrew, any insectivorous mammal of the East Indian family Tupaiidae, squirrel-like animals related to shrews

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tree shrew,

any one of a group of squirrellike, insect-eating mammals that live in trees, found in India, Borneo, and southeastern Asia.

n. a small squirrellike insectivorous mammal with a pointed snout, native to Southeast Asia, esp. Borneo. ● Family Tupaiidae and order Scandentia: several genera, in particular Tupaia; tree shrews were formerly placed with either the insectivores or the primates