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PRONUNCIATION OF TREE SHREW

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Tree shrew is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TREE SHREW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Treeshrew

The treeshrews are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. They make up the families Tupaiidae, the treeshrews, and Ptilocercidae, the pen-tailed treeshrews, and the entire order Scandentia. There are 20 species in five genera. Treeshrews have a higher brain to body mass ratio than any other mammals, including humans, though high ratios are not uncommon for animals weighing less than a kilogram. Although called treeshrews, they are not true shrews, and not all species are necessarily arboreal. Among other things, they eat Rafflesia fruit. Among orders of mammals, treeshrews are closely related to primates, and have been used as an alternative to primates in experimental studies of myopia, psychosocial stress and hepatitis.

Definition of tree shrew in the English dictionary

The definition of tree shrew in the dictionary is any of numerous small arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae and order Scandentia, of SE Asia, having large eyes and resembling squirrels.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TREE SHREW

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WORDS THAT END LIKE TREE SHREW

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Synonyms and antonyms of tree shrew in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tree shrew» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TREE SHREW

Find out the translation of tree shrew to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tree shrew from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tree shrew» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

树鼩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

musaraña de árbol
570 millions of speakers

English

tree shrew
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेड़ कर्कशा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزبابة شجرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дерево землеройка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musaranho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গাছ শূকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arbre musaraigne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencakar pokok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spitzhörnchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツパイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나무 말괄량이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wit cemlorot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuột chù cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரம் shrew
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वृक्ष चिंधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ağaç fıstığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

albero toporagno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ryjówka drzewo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дерево землерийка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scorpie copac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δέντρο μέγαιρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boom feeks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

träd argbigga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tre spissmus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tree shrew

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TREE SHREW»

The term «tree shrew» is normally little used and occupies the 121.574 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TREE SHREW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tree shrew» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tree shrew» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tree shrew

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREE SHREW»

Discover the use of tree shrew in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tree shrew and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Sweetfish - tree snake
The tail is bushy in most species, only a little hairy in the smoothtailed tree shrew, Dendrogale murina, and naked except for a white, featherlike tufted tip in the pen -tailed tree shrew, Ptilocercus lowi. The coat is made up of long guard hairs and ...
‎2002
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Synaptic Organization of V1 Corticotectal Projections in the ...
Diamond IT, Conley M, Fitzpatrick D, Raczkowski D (1991) Evidence for separate pathways within the tecto-geniculate projection in the tree shrew. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88:1315-1319. Fitzpatrick D, Carey RG, Diamond IT (1980) The ...
Sylvia R. Lyons, 2008
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The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification
Common tree shrew: Tupaia glis; northern tree shrew: T. belangeri; large tree shrew: T. tana; Madras tree shrew: Anathana ellioti; Philippine tree shrew: Urogale everetii; Bornean smooth-tailed tree shrew: Dendrogale melanura; pen- tailed ...
Guillaume Lecointre, Hervé Le Guyader, 2006
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Primate Evolution and Human Origins
Thus there is no consensus as to which fossil forms, if any, represent the tree shrew lineage. Despite taxonomic ambiguities and the apparent remoteness of a tupaiid-primate relationship, there are several reasons why tree shrews merit ...
John G. Fleagle
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Mammals of the World: A Checklist
Q Tupaia longipes Long-footed Tree-Shrew Borneo; Endangered Q Tupaia minor Pygmy Tree-Shrew Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. Borneo and near islands Q Tupaia montana Mountain Tree-Shrew Highlands of Borneo Q Tupaia nicobarica  ...
Andrew Duff, Ann Lawson, 2004
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Walker's Mammals of the World
Ptilocercus, the pen-tailed tree shrew, is easily identified by its tail, which is naked except for a whitish feather-shaped arrangement of the hairs near the end. Tree shrews have a slender body, most adults generally weighing less than 400  ...
Ronald M. Nowak, 1999
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Changing Concepts of the Nervous System: Proceedings of the ...
of the tree shrew. Indeed, it appears that it is able to pro— vide the destriate tree shrew with better form vision than does this same pathway in other species. One naturally wonders what makes the extrageniculate pathway so important in the ...
Adrian Morrison, 2012
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African Insectivora and Elephant-shrews: An Action Plan for ...
An Action Plan for Their Conservation Martin E. Nicoll, Galen B. Rathbun, IUCN/ SSC Insectivore, Tree-Shrew, and Elephant-Shrew Specialist Group. comorpha, reflecting a common, though remote, ancestry. The number of species in each of  ...
Martin E. Nicoll, Galen B. Rathbun, IUCN/SSC Insectivore, Tree-Shrew, and Elephant-Shrew Specialist Group, 1990
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The Visually Responsive Neuron: From Basic Neurophysiology ...
vision in the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri). Vision Res., 26: 291 — 298. Kageyama, G.H. and Wong-Riley, M.T.T. (1985) An analysis of the cellular localization of cytochrome oxidase in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat. J. Comp. Neurol.
T.P. Hicks, S. Molotchnikoff, T. Ono, 1993
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Issues in Genomics and Non-Human Genetic Research: 2013 Edition
(2012 Jun 05) Kunming Institute of Zoology: Evaluating the phylogenetic position of Chinese tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) based on complete mitochondrial genome: implication for uSing tree Shrew aS an alternative experimental ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREE SHREW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tree shrew is used in the context of the following news items.
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The owners of the latest Flyer Homes listing are a little bit backwards
A multi-level deck overlooks lush woods as far as the eye can see, and an in-ground pool as far as a tree shrew's eyes can see (tree shrews are nearsighted). «Fayetteville Flyer, Jul 15»
2
Our Taste for Alcohol Goes Back Millions of Years
ADH4 from human relatives as distant as the tree shrew were tested for their ability to digest alcohol. The form of ADH4 found in humans, gorillas and ... «Scientific American, Feb 15»
3
Surveying the Genomic Landscape of Modern Mammals
... macaque, vervet and marmoset (primates); mouse, rat, naked mole rat and guinea pig (rodents); dolphin and two whales (cetaceans); and rabbit, tree shrew, ... «PLoS Blogs, Jan 15»
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New UF study reveals oldest primate lived in trees
The shape of the teeth allowed paleontologists to determine the tree shrew-like animal ate insects and plants, but researchers knew little else about how the ... «University of Florida, Jan 15»
5
Little Cumbrian creatures star in new documentary
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis near Milnthorpe is home to tree shrews from Borneo and marmosets from Brazil, which have been featured in the three-part wildlife ... «Lancaster Today, Jan 14»
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Animals from Lakeland Wildlife Oasis to appear on BBC show
The tree shrew from Borneo will also feature. Zoo boss Jo Marsden said: “The marmosets are really popular, especially with the children. They're just so ... «The Westmorland Gazette, Jan 14»
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Found: Your Oldest Primate Ancestor
Go back far enough, and we're distant cousins, at least, to the tiniest tree shrew and the great blue whale. But the details of those relationships are far from ... «TIME, Jun 13»
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Tree shrews and pitcher plants
NITROGEN is a very important element for plants. Most parts, including chlorophyll, amino acids and enzymes are composed of this vital element. «The Borneo Post, Oct 12»
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First Human Ancestor Looked Like a Squirrel
This tree-dwelling animal saw the dawn of an era when mammals would come to ... These animals, along with tree shrews and flying lemurs, are all related to ... «Discovery News, Oct 12»
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Two shrews born at Miller Park Zoo
The Northern Tree Shrews, born in July, have been moved to an exhibit in the Katthoefer Animal Building. The litter is one of three born at accredited zoos. «Bloomington Pantagraph, Aug 12»

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