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Definition of Pen-tailed tree shrew
1. Noun. Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia.
Generic synonyms: Tree Shrew
Group relationships: Genus Ptilocercus, Ptilocercus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pen-tailed Tree Shrew
Literary usage of Pen-tailed tree shrew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In these animals the tail has a fringe of long hairs on opposite sides throughout
its length. In the pen-tailed tree-shrew ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"When feeding they often sit on their haunches, holding the focd, after the manner
of squirrels, between their fore paws. The pen-tailed tree-shrew ..."
3. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Branch (1907)
"137. Sus oi, C. Boden Kloss (with 3 plates), XLV. 55-60. Erratum, XLVI, 264.
pen-tailed tree shrew in Selangor, HC Robinson, XLIV. 224-225. ..."
4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"... species belonging to the family, mostly referable to the genus Tupaia (fig.
18, 286-289); but there is also the curious little pen-tailed Tree-Shrew, ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1913)
"252 INTRODUCTION When my friend Mr. CW Beebe was in Borneo he made persistent
efforts to secure for me specimens of the rare pen-tailed tree-shrew ..."
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