Family PTILOCERCIDAE

(PEN-TAILED TREESHREW)

• Small, arboreal, and mostly insectivorous; gray dorsal fur and white/ivory venter; mouse-like ears with black mask around eyes; and long hairless tail with diagnostic feathered white tip.

• 30-35 cm.

• Indo-Malayan Region.

• Primary rainforests, secondary forests, and occasionally gardens.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 2 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.