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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti), also known as the Indian treeshrew, is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus Anathana found in the hill forests of central and southern India. The genus name is derived from the Tamil name of moongil anathaan (literally "bamboo squirrel") and the species name is after Sir Walter Elliot of the Indian Civil Services in Madras.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madras treeshrew” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.