(n)brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia, Syn.pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew
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n. (Zool.) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip. [ 1913 Webster ]