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Noun: pen-tailed tree shrew
  1. Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
    "The pen-tailed tree shrew's unique tail resembles a feather";
    - pentail, pen-tail

Derived forms: pen-tailed tree shrews

Type of: tree shrew

Part of: genus Ptilocercus, Ptilocercus

Encyclopedia: Pen-tailed tree shrew