Ptilocercus Gray 1848 (Pen-tailed tree shrew)
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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
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Lijiawa mammalian fossil locality (Oligocene of China)
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