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Little-Known Tree Shrews

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Introduction:
"All about the little known species of the Tupaiidae family; closer to the primates than to any other mammal family."


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?
    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?
    1
    all of them
    none of them
    11


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?
    Ancient Egyptian
    Latin
    Malay
    French


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


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


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