pentail

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pentail
    n 1: brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed
         with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
         [syn: {pentail}, {pen-tail}, {pen-tailed tree shrew}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pentail \Pen"tail`\, 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]