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Tree ShrewFamily:Tupaiidae


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Tree ShrewFamily:Tupaiidae


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Pen-tailed Tree ShrewFamily:Ptilocercidae


Photo: Zoological Society of London@Wikimedia Commons License: License: Public Domain

2 Families, 20 Species
Tree shrews
Asia
400 g.

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