Pen-tailed treeshrew | |
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Illustration in 1848 species description | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Scandentia |
Family: | Ptilocercidae |
Genus: | Ptilocercus |
Species: | P. lowii[1]
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Binomial name | |
Ptilocercus lowii[1] J. E. Gray, 1848
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Pen-tailed treeshrew range |
The pen-tailed treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) is a treeshrew of the family Ptilocercidae native to southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and some Indonesian islands.[2]
It is the only living species in the genus Ptilocercus. All other treeshrew species are grouped in the family Tupaiidae.[1]