Using Tree Shrews (Tupaia belangeri) as a Novel Animal Model of Liver Transplantation

Morphology, genetic characterization and phylogeny of Moniliformis tupaia n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from the northern tree shrew Tupaia belangeri chinensis Anderson (Mammalia: Scandentia)

“…The northern tree shrew Tupaia belangeri chinensis Anderson (Mammalia: Scandentia: Tupaiidae) is a novel ideal animal model for human disease, due to its small size, easy breeding, rapid reproduction and close genetic relationship to primates (Xu et al ., 2012 , 2013 ; Xiao et al ., 2017 ; Tang et al ., 2018 ; Wang et al ., 2021 ). Tupaia belangeri chinensis is omnivorous, eating fruits, seeds, insects and small vertebrates, which is mainly distributed in southwest China (including Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces) (Xiang and Yang, 2014 ) and can act as the intermediate and definitive host for some helminth parasites and protozoa (Brack et al ., 1987 ; Tian et al ., 1989 ; Xiang et al ., 2010 ; Xiang and Yang, 2014 ).…”