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Ptilocercidae Lyon 1913

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Ptilocercidae Lyon 1913

Ptilocercidae Lyon 1913, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 45: 4.

Genera: 1 genus with 1 species:

Genus Ptilocercus Gray 1848 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Discussion: Given full familial rank here and by Shoshani and McKenna (1998), but not by McKenna and Bell (1997). Ptilocercus exhibits many plesiomorphic and autapomorphic external, craniodental, and postcranial traits unique among treeshrews (including a terminally distichous tail); see Lyon (1913:4), Le Gros Clark (1926) and Sargis (2001, 2002 a, b).

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Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Scandentia, pp. 104-109 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 108, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lyon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Scandentia
Family
Ptilocercidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Ptilocercidae Lyon, 1913 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Lyon, M. W., Jr. 1913. Tree shrews: An account of the mammalian family Tupaiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 45: 1 - 188.
  • Shoshani, J., and M. C. McKenna. 1998. Higher taxonomic relationships among extant mammals based on morphology, with selected comparisons of results from molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 9: 572 - 584.
  • McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
  • Le Gros Clark, W. 1926. On the anatomy of the pen-tailed tree-shrew (Ptilocercus lowii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1926: 1179 - 1309.
  • Sargis, E. J. 2001. A preliminary qualitative analysis of the axial skeleton of tupaiids (Mammalia, Scandentia): Functional morphology and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Zoology, London, 253: 473 - 483.
  • Sargis, E. J. 2002 a. Functional morphology of the forelimb of tupaiids (Mammalia, Scandentia) and its phylogenetic implications. Journal of Morphology, 253: 10 - 42.