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? Captain Cook Vasco Da Gama Henry Hudson Ferdinand Magellan

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

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

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? 1 all of them none of them 11

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

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

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

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