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Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew

Dendrogale murina

Order
Scandentia
Family
Tupaiidae
Genus
Dendrogale
IUCN status
LC
Distribution
Vietnam|Laos|Thailand|Cambodia
Realm
Indomalaya

Other names: Mainland Slender-tailed Treeshrew|Northern Slender-tailed Treeshrew

About this species

Diet
Mainly invertebrates; rarely fruit and plants
Habitat
Tropical forest and disturbed areas, dense bamboo and rattan thickets, forest edges, stream valleys and roadside bamboo groves
Range
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Its diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants (Wikipedia, general species account).

It inhabits tropical forests and disturbed areas, especially dense bamboo and rattan thickets. It is commonly found along forest edges, stream valleys and roadside bamboo groves.

Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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