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Pen-tailed Treeshrew
Ptilocercus lowii
- Order
- Scandentia
- Family
- Ptilocercidae
- Genus
- Ptilocercus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Feather-tailed Treeshrew|Low's Treeshrew
About this species
- Habitat
- Primary forest up to 1,200m, where the undergrowth is dense
- Range
- Southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, northern Sumatra, Siberut, Bangka and north-western Borneo
The pen-tailed treeshrew is the only living species in the treeshrew family Ptilocercidae; all other treeshrews are grouped in the family Tupaiidae. It occurs from southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula to northern Sumatra, Siberut, Bangka Island and north-western Borneo, inhabiting foremost primary forest up to 1,200 m where the undergrowth is dense (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)