The Northern Treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) is a species of treeshrew

Treeshrew

The treeshrews are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. They make up the families Tupaiidae, the treeshrews, and Ptilocercidae, the pen-tailed treeshrews, and the entire order Scandentia. There are 20 species in 5 genera...

 found in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

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It was chosen as one of the 16 mammals to have their genomes sequenced by the Broad Institute, and a low coverage

Coverage

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 assembly of genome was released by the Broad Institute

Broad Institute

The Broad Institute is a genomic medicine research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Although it is independently governed and supported as a 501 nonprofit research organization, the institute is formally affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard...

in June 2006. The genome will be useful in comparisons with the other genomes to identify genes. Complete mitochondrial genome data supports the hypothesis that there is a closer phylogenetic relationship of Tupaia to rabbits than to primates.

Adult weight : 0.2 kg (0.44 lbs)

Maximum longevity : 11 years