Pen-tailed Treeshrew

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Pen-tailed Treeshrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Scandentia
Family: Ptilocercidae
Lyon, 1913
Genus: Ptilocercus
Gray, 1848
Species: P. lowii
Binomial name
Ptilocercus lowii
Gray, 1848

The Pen-tailed Treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) is a species of treeshrew in the Ptilocercidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.[2]

It is the only species in the genus Ptilocercus and the family Ptilocercidae. All other treeshrews are in the family Tupaiidae.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Helgen, Kristofer M. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 108-109. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Insectivore Specialist Group (2006). Ptilocercus lowii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.