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Species
Least ConcernObservations: Little is known about the longevity of these animals. One captive specimen lived for 2.7 years (Richard Weigl 2005), but maximum longevity is likely much longer.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ptilocercus
- Image
- Ptilocercus lowii.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Ptilocercus lowii
- Commons category
- Ptilocercus lowii
- topic's main category
- Category:Ptilocercus lowii
- taxon common name
- Federschwanz
- short name
- P. lowii
- time period
- Holocene
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pen-tailed treeshrew” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.