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pen-tail|ˈpɛnteɪl|
[f. pen n.2 + tail n.1]
In full, pen-tail(ed) tree-shrew. A species of tree-shrew, Ptilocercus lowii, found in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, and distinguished by rows of long, stiff hairs fringing the end part of its tail.
[1848J. E. Gray in Proc. Zool. Soc. XVI. 23 Mr. Low brought with him from Borneo some mammalia and reptiles in spirits; amongst them..was ‘a rat-like animal with a pennated tail’.] 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 402/1 Pen-tail (Ptilocercus lowii). 1910Ibid. XIV. 639/2 In the pen-tailed tree-shrew..the fringes of long hair are confined to the terminal third of the tail. 1926Proc. Zool. Soc. 1179 The Pen-tailed Tree-shrew, Ptilocercus, has not been hitherto described except for its general appearance. 1927Glasgow Herald 14 May 4/2 The probability is that the pen-tail and tupaia represent two successive phases in the evolution of a Lemurid. 1967Jrnl. Zool. CLII. 375 The Pentail tree-shrews..are more insectivorous although meat is occasionally eaten. 1968E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World (ed. 2) I. 400/1 Pen-tailed tree shrews probably feed mainly on insects and fruit. 1969Ld. Medway Wild Mammals Malaya 47/2 (heading) Pentail Treeshrew. Ibid., Unlike other treeshrews, the Pentail is nocturnal; it is also largely arboreal. |