PTILOCERCIDAE, Lyon, 1913

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Ptilocercidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 236-241 : 236

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6656870
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6656858
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scientific name	PTILOCERCIDAE
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Family PTILOCERCIDAE View in CoL

(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. View Figure

• Indo-Malayan Region. View Figure

• Primary rainforests, secondary forests, and occasionally gardens.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 2 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.