Tupaia minor

Movements, Home range and Social organization. L .. H. Emmons in 2000 found eleven nests of Lesser Treeshrews, and eight were high in living emergent trees (more than 15 m off the forest floor). Several of these sites had visible holes in trunks of trees; others had apparent entrances covered by vines and root. The other three nests were lower (10 m or less off the forest floor) and similarly surrounded by vines, with one found on a vine enclosed stump. Nests were constructed primarily of leaves. The Lesser Treeshrew has a very small home range, the smallest of all treeshrew species followed by L .. H. Emmons, averaging 1 - 5 ha (not including vertical space). In addition to the small home size, the Lesser Treeshrew had the slowest rate of movement at 83 m / hour and ranged an average of 871 m / day. A male and female occupy nearly identical home ranges and appear territorial to other adults. Adults that share home ranges often interact (3 - 4 times / day) and often foraged together. Scent marking appears to play a large role in site avoidance. A Lesser Treeshrew was observed with another conspecific more frequently (27 % of observations) than other treeshrew species (8 - 14 % of observations).

Sumber: Tupaiidae