Ptilocercus Gray 1848 (Pen-tailed tree shrew)

Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae

Parent taxon: Tupaiidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Helgen 2005, Silcox et al. 2010 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Adapisoriculinae, Anathana, Dendrogale, Eodendrogale, Ptilocercinae, Tupaiinae

Subtaxa: Ptilocercus kylin Ptilocercus lowii

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality (Oligocene of China)

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