Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew
| Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew | |
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| The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew from Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Tupaiidae |
| Genus: | Dendrogale |
| Species: | D. murina
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrogale murina | |
| Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew range | |
The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew (Dendrogale murina) is a species of treeshrew in the family Tupaiidae found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their diet primarily consists of invertebrates but rarely includes fruits and plants.
The northern smooth-tailed treeshrew inhabits tropical forests and disturbed areas, especially in dense bamboo and rattan thickets. It is commonly found along forest edges, stream valleys, and roadside bamboo groves.