Treeshrews 🐀 Treeshrew facts 🐀 higher brain 🧠 to body mass ratio than any mammal 

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The treeshrews are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
Though called 'treeshrews', and despite having previously been classified in Insectivora, they are not true shrews, and not all species live in trees. They are omnivores; among other things, treeshrews eat fruit.
They have a higher brain to body mass ratio than any other mammal, including humans.
Among orders of mammals, treeshrews are closely related to primates, and have been used as an alternative to primates in experimental studies of myopia, psychosocial stress, and hepatitis.
They 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.
They have good vision, which is binocular in the case of the more arboreal species.
Female treeshrews have a gestation period of 45-50 days and give birth to up to three young in nests lined with dry leaves inside tree hollows. The young are born blind and hairless, but are able to leave the nest after about a month. During this period, the mother provides relatively little maternal care, visiting her young only for a few minutes every other day to suckle them.
They live in small family groups, which defend their territory from intruders. Most are diurnal, although the pen-tailed treeshrew is nocturnal.
They are omnivorous, feeding on insects, small vertebrates, fruit, and seeds. Among other things, They eat Rafflesia fruit.
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