Main Characteristics

Horsfield's Tree Shrews have a slender build and a long tail. They have well developed senses of hearing, smell and vision.

Habitat

Horsfield's Tree Shrews are found in Indonesia.

Diet

Horsfield's Tree Shrews are omnivores and they feed on a variety of insects, small vertebrates, fruit and seeds.

Breeding

After a gestation period of approximately 50 days, a litter of 3 - 4 young are born. At birth the young are blind and hairless, but they are able to leave the nest when they are a month old.

Tree Shrews reach sexual maturity at around 4 months old and they generally breed throughout the year with no defined breeding season.

Subspecies

Subspecies of Horsfield's Tree Shrew include:

Tupaia javanica balina
Tupaia javanica javanica
Tupaia javanica occidentalis

Interesting Facts

The Horsfield's Tree Shrew is also known as:
Javan Tree Shrew

Tupaia comes from the Malay word "tupai" which means squirrel.

Tree Shrews have the highest brain to body mass ratio of any animal, even higher than humans.