Ptilocercus Gray 1848 (Pen-tailed tree shrew)

Mammalia - Scandentia

Parent taxon: Scandentia according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010

See also Gunnell 1989, Helgen 2005 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Ptilocercidae, Tupaiidae

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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