Ptilocercus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Scandentia |
| Family: | Ptilocercidae Lyon , 1913
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| Genus: | Ptilocercus J. E. Gray, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Ptilocercus lowii J. E. Gray, 1848
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Ptilocercus is a genus of treeshrew and the sole member of the family Ptilocercidae.
Taxonomy
Today the genus (and family) is represented by a single species, the
Early Oligocene about 34 million years ago. This species, Ptilocercus kylin, is so strikingly similar to the living species that it can be considered a sister taxa. This suggests that the Ptilocercidae have evolved little change over millions of years.[1][2]
References
- PMID 26766238.
- ^ "Earliest-known treeshrew fossil found in Yunnan, China". Phys.org.