Photo of the Day #369: Tree shrew

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A tree shrew (Tupaia sp.), photographed at the Bronx zoo.


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A pygmy treeshrew (Tupaia minor), photographed at the National Zoo.

I first saw these in the Children's Zoo within the Saint Louis Zoo -- I thought they were cute and neat, and wanted one for a pet.

By Stevo Darkly (not verified) on 13 Oct 2008 #permalink

They've had an interesting career. Once they were primates, then they weren't, now they are. In the future they may become primatiformes much as purgatorious did.