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