The common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is a small mammal in the treeshrew family Tupaiidae, and is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. It has been listed as Least Concern by IUCN as it remains common and displays some adaptability to ongoing habitat loss .

Treeshrews are slender animals with long tails and soft, greyish to reddish-brown fur. The terrestrial species tend to be larger than the arboreal forms, and to have larger claws, which they use for digging up insect prey.

Comon tree shrews, Tu­paia glis, are lim­ited to South­east Asia. More specif­i­cally, the range of com­mon tree shrews be­gins just below the Isth­mus of Kra in Thai­land and con­tin­ues through the Malayan Penin­sula into In­done­sia, which in­cludes Suma­tra, Java, and sur­round­ing is­lands.

The Common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is a small mammal native to Southeast Asia. It is one of the largest among treeshrews and was first described in 1820 by the French explorers Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel. The Common treeshrew varies in colours of reddish-brown, greyish or black upper parts and whitish belly.

Common Tree Shrews inhabit the deciduous tropical forests of south east Asia. They are found in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and on nearby islands. They are active during the day and they spend time in both in the trees and on the ground.

tree shrew, (order Scandentia), any of 17 Southeast Asian species of small mammals resembling squirrels and “true” shrews. Tree shrews, however, are neither rodents nor insectivores and differ from them to the extent that they constitute their own mammalian order.

The common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is a small mammal in the treeshrew family Tupaiidae, and is native to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. It has been listed as Least Concern by IUCN as it remains common and displays some adaptability to ongoing habitat loss.

The Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis occurs in southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, including the larger islands of both countries, Singapore, and the islands of Bintan and Batam the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia. To the north of its range it is replaced by the Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri.

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The common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is a small mammal in the treeshrew family Tupaiidae, and is native to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has been listed as Least Concern by IUCN as it remains common and displays some adaptability to ongoing habitat loss.