Pen-tail (Noun)
Meaning
Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Brown tree shrews are characterized by their pen-tail, which is almost entirely naked except for the distal third bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs.
- In Southeast Asia, the Malayan pen-tail features on a range of endemic shrew species including the Brown tree shrew.
- Zoologists agree that one notable adaptation of the Brown tree shrew in Malaysia is the unusual pen-tail.
- Malaysian naturalists observe the pen-tail of Brown tree shrews in the secondary forests deep in the tropical regions.
- Forensic research provides evidence of a longer pen-tail in larger species of Malaysian Brown tree shrew.