Wildlifeof Borneo
Long-footed Treeshrew
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Tupaia longipes
Basic stats
Diet
Insects, fruit, seeds
Habitat
Wide range of forest and disturbed habitat
Range
Endemic to Borneo
Litter size
1–3 young
Gestation period
About 45–50 days
Size
Small (head-body 16–21cm)
Weight
130–270g
About the Long-footed Treeshrew
A small, alert, squirrel-like mammal with a pointed snout and bushy tail — not a true rodent, but a member of the separate order Scandentia, more closely related to primates than to squirrels. The most widespread and frequently seen treeshrew in Sabah.
Highly active by day, foraging on the ground and in low vegetation for insects, fruit and seeds. Treeshrews have an unusually brief nursing routine — in the best-studied species, mothers visit the nest to feed young for only a few minutes roughly every other day.
