但由于黑猩猩购买、饲养成本较高，亟待发现、开发新的丙型肝炎小动物模型。树鼩是主要分布于我国云南地区，体型较小，繁殖较快的低等灵长类动物。
Due to the high cost of chimpanzees ' purchase and feeding , it is urgent to develop a small animal model of hepatitis C. Tree shrews , considered as a kind of primates with smaller body , mainly distributed in Yunnan , China .
低等灵长类