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FAMILY TUPAIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates

Synonyms:

family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Tupaiidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Tupaiidae"):

genus Tupaia; Tupaia (the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews)

tree shrew (insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout)

genus Ptilocercus; Ptilocercus (pentails)

Holonyms ("family Tupaiidae" is a member of...):

order Scandentia; Scandentia (a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora))

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