Pen-tailed treeshrew
| Pen-tailed treeshrew | |
|---|---|
| Illustration in 1848 species description | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Ptilocercidae |
| Genus: | Ptilocercus |
| Species: | P. lowii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilocercus lowii J. E. Gray, 1848 | |
| 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.
It is the only living species in the genus Ptilocercus. All other treeshrew species are grouped in the family Tupaiidae.