They are large enough to remind people of diminutive squirrels, so they are sometimes called "squirrel-shrews" and are placed in the Family Tupaiidae (tyoo-pay'ih-dee; from a Malay word for "squirrel"). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Tupaiidae and the squirrels. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Tupaiidae. From Wordnik.com. [Mindanao montane rain forests] Reference
Tupaiidae, 150. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
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