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Descriptor English: Tupaiidae
Descriptor Spanish: Tupaiidae
Descriptor Tupaiidae
Entry term(s) Ptilocercus
Tupaiinae
tupaya
Scope note: Única familia del orden SCANDENTIA, que ha sido incluido de forma muy diversa en el orden Insectivora o en el orden Primates, y a menudo en el orden Microscelidea. Está formada por cinco géneros: TUPAIA, Ananthana (musaraña arborícola de la India), Dendrogale (pequeña musaraña arborícola de rabo liso), Urogale (musaraña arborícola de Mindanao) y Ptilocercus (musaraña arborícola con cola en forma de pluma). Las musarañas arborícolas habitan en zonas boscosas del este de Asia, desde la India y el suroeste de China hasta Borneo y Filipinas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tupaiidae
Descriptor French: Tupaiidae
Entry term(s): Ptilocercus
Shrew, Tree
Shrews, Tree
Tree Shrew
Tree Shrews
Treeshrew
Treeshrews
Tupaiinae
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.996.770
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014418
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.
Annotation: do not confuse entry term TREE SHREWS with SHREWS (insectivore)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
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
DeCS ID: 14817
Unique ID: D014418
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Tupaiidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0022163
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.
Preferred term Tupaiidae
Entry term(s) Shrew, Tree
Shrews, Tree
Tree Shrew
Tree Shrews
Treeshrew
Treeshrews
Ptilocercus - Narrower
Concept UI M0022162
Preferred term Ptilocercus
Tupaiinae - Narrower
Concept UI M0022164
Preferred term Tupaiinae



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