Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: they are not shrews, and most are not found in trees. These squirrel-sized, brownish mammals with large, dark, lashless eyes were at one time thought to be primates. Even though most scientists now believe them to belong in their own mammalian order, Scandentia, they still are thought to resemble some of the earliest mammals, which lived alongside the dinosaurs. This book describes the results of the first comparative study of the ecology of treeshrews in the wild. Noted tropical mammalogist Louise H. Emmons conducted this pathbreaking study in the rainforests of Borneo as she tracked and observed six species of treeshrews. Emmons meticulously describes their habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns, social behavior, and many other facets of their lives. She also discusses a particularly interesting aspect of treeshrews: their enigmatic parental care system, which is unique among mammals.
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"The editor especially recommends the book for new graduate students . . . [but] it deserves a wider readership." -- Times Literary Supplement
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"Louise Emmons is one of the greatest tropical biologists to have ever lived. She is one of the few experts who has worked extensively in South America, West Africa, Madagascar, and now Borneo. This global perspective enriches every chapter in this book."--Pat C. Wright, SUNY, Stony Brook
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If not one of the best field mammalogists in the world today (and she most likely is), Emmons is certainly one of the best "field research" writers. Her style and descriptions are fantastic to read, neither too fluffy nor detached and uninteresting. She includes both the highlights and the unfortunate accidents of her field seasons, providing a reality and a "sense of being there" that's difficult to find in articles or other people's writing. I'm no treeshrew researcher, and probably never will be, but found Tupai to be a fascinating book and yet another model by Emmons on how to do quality field research.
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Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: first, they are not shrews: second, most are not found in trees; and third, what they really are (among mammalian orders) has never been agreed on. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pentail treeshrews, maternal care system, monthly trapping, true shrews, fruit species, sleeping sites, foraging substrate, scat samples, neighboring females, litter invertebrates, nocturnal prosimians, elephant shrews, leaf nests, mammalian history, ear pinnae, ranging behavior, vine tangles, logged forest, high plot, shoulder stripe, home range size, insectivorous mammals, foraging modes, home range area, study plot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Danum Valley, West Malaysia, Mount Kinabalu, Field Centre, Alim Biun, Their Habitat, Alarm Behaviors, National Zoo, The Milieu, May Male, Month Fig, Southeast Asia, The Kawamichis New!
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Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: first, they are not shrews: second, most are not found in trees; and third, what they really are (among mammalian orders) has never been agreed on. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pentail treeshrews, maternal care system, monthly trapping, true shrews, fruit species, sleeping sites, foraging substrate, scat samples, neighboring females, litter invertebrates, nocturnal prosimians, elephant shrews, leaf nests, mammalian history, ear pinnae, ranging behavior, vine tangles, logged forest, high plot, shoulder stripe, home range size, insectivorous mammals, foraging modes, home range area, study plot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Danum Valley, West Malaysia, Mount Kinabalu, Field Centre, Alim Biun, Their Habitat, Alarm Behaviors, National Zoo, The Milieu, May Male, Month Fig, Southeast Asia, The Kawamichis New!
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