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MeSH Heading: Tupaiidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.996.770
Unique ID: D014418
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014418
Annotation: do not confuse entry term TREE SHREWS with SHREWS (insectivore)
Scope Note: The only family of the order SCANDENTIA, variously included in the order Insectivora or in the order Primates, and often in the order Microscelidea, consisting of five genera. They are TUPAIA, Ananthana (Indian tree shrew), Dendrogale (small smooth-tailed tree shrew), Urogale (Mindanao tree shrew), and Ptilocercus (pen-tailed tree shrew). The tree shrews inhabit the forest areas of eastern Asia from India and southwestern China to Borneo and the Philippines.
Entry Term(s): Ptilocercus; Shrews, Tree; Tree Shrews; Treeshrews; Tupaiinae
Registry Numbers: txid9393; txid320337
Related Numbers: txid320337
Public MeSH Note: 81; was TREE SHREWS see under PROSIMIANS 1975-80, see under PRIMATES 1972-74
Online Note: use TUPAIIDAE to search TREE SHREWS 1975-80; use PRIMATES 1972-74
History Note: 81; was TREE SHREWS see under PROSIMIANS 1975-80, see under PRIMATES 1972-74
Date Introduced: 1981/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/09/02

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Concept UI: M0022163
Registry Numbers: txid9393
Related Numbers: txid320337
Scope Note: The only family of the order SCANDENTIA, variously included in the order Insectivora or in the order Primates, and often in the order Microscelidea, consisting of five genera. They are TUPAIA, Ananthana (Indian tree shrew), Dendrogale (small smooth-tailed tree shrew), Urogale (Mindanao tree shrew), and Ptilocercus (pen-tailed tree shrew). The tree shrews inhabit the forest areas of eastern Asia from India and southwestern China to Borneo and the Philippines.
Terms: Tupaiidae Preferred Term
Term UI T042180
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Shrews, Tree
Term UI T042178
Date05/09/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Tree Shrews
Term UI T042179
Date05/09/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Treeshrews
Term UI T042181
Date12/07/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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