Little-Known Tree Shrews

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1. William Ellis, the man who coined the term "tree shrews" was a part of whose expedition? Henry Hudson Ferdinand Magellan Vasco Da Gama Captain Cook

2. Before being made a part of the primate order of mammals, to what order of mammals did the tree shrews belong to? Insectivora (insectivores) Paucituberculata (marsupials) Rodentia (rodents) Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)

3. How many recognized species of tree shrews are there? 11 16 19 24

4. Where in the world can you find a tree shrew in the wild? Central America All of these The rainforests of South America Southeastern Asia

5. All tree shrews live (at least part of the time) in trees. True False

6. How many species of tree shrew are nocturnal? none of them 11 all of them 1

7. What differentiates one tree shrew species from another? Tail length and shape Number of teats that the females have All of these Colouration patterns

8. Which language does the name for the family - Tupaiidae - come from? Latin Ancient Egyptian French Malay

9. How often does a mother tree shrew visit her newborn young? she doesn't leave them twice a day every two hours every two days

10. A tree shrew's diet consists mainly of what? insects and arthropods nectar grain smaller mammals