| Pen-tailed treeshrew | |
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| Illustration in 1848 species description | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ a b Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Ptilocercus lowii". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c Cassola, F. (2016). "Ptilocercus lowii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41491A22278277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41491A22278277.en. Retrieved 26 January 2022.