The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (''Dendrogale murina'') is a species of

treeshrew The treeshrews (also called tree shrews or banxrings) are small mammals native to the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. They make up the entire order Scandentia (from Latin ''scandere'', "to climb"), which split into two families: the ...

in the family

Tupaiidae Tupaiidae is one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. The family contains three living genera and 19 living species. The family name derives from ''tupai'', the Malay word for treeshrew and also for squirrel which ...

found in

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, and

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. Their diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants.

References

*Endo et al. (July 1999) Functional morphology of the locomotor system in the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (''Dendrogale murina''). ''Annals of Anatomy.'' Vol. 181, Number 4. pp. 397–402 *Olson et al. (2005) Intraordinal phylogenetics of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia)based on evidence from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.'' Vol. 35. pp. 656–673. *Olson et al. (March 2004) Phylogenetic Relationships Among Treeshrews (Scandentia): A Review and Critique of the Morphological Evidence. ''Journal of Mammalian Evolution.'' Vol. 11, Number 1. pp. 49–71. *Shchipanov, N. A.; A. A. Kalinin. (October 2006) Distribution of small mammals in three layers of south Vietnam rainforest. ''Doklady Biological Sciences.'' Vol. 410, Number 1. pp. 387–390. *Timmins et al. (September 2003) Distribution, status and ecology of the mainland slender-tailed treeshrew ''Dendrogale murina.'' ''Mammal Review.'' Vol. 33, Issue 3–4. pp 272–283. Treeshrews Mammals described in 1843 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Hermann Schlegel Taxa named by Salomon Müller {{mammal-stub

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