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pen-tailed treeshrew

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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A shrew-like animal native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, Ptilocercus lowii.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆尾樹鼩 /笔尾树鼩 — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笔尾树鼩 — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Finnish: sulkahäntätupaija — Ptilocerus lowii
  • French: ptilocerque — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Indonesian: tupai ekor bulu — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Malay: tupai akar malam — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Russian: перьехво́стая тупа́йя (perʹjexvóstaja tupájja) — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Thai: กระแตหางขนนก (gràdtae hăang kŏn nók) — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Turkish: tüy kuyruklu sivri sincapık — Ptilocerus lowii
  • Turkish: tüy kuyruklu ağaç sivri faresi — Ptilocerus lowii