Treeshrews Temporal range: Palaeocene – present
Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Eutheria
Superorder:	Euarchontoglires
Order:	Scandentia Wagner, 1855
Families
Tupaiidae Ptilocercidae

A treeshrew is a small mammal in the order Scandentia.

They live in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. They make up the families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae. There are 20 species in five genera.

Although called treeshrews, they are not true shrews, and are not all arboreal. Among other things, they eat Rafflesia fruit. They used to be classified in the Insectivora.

Wikispecies has information on: Scandentia.