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Indomalayan pencil tailed tree mouse

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Scientific name
  
Chiropodomys gliroides

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Genus
  
Chiropodomys

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Species

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Pencil‑tailed tree mouse, Hapalomys, Asiatic long‑tailed climbing, Gairdner's shrewmouse, Cutch rat

The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse or simply pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands, and some other islands). This locally abundant but patchily distributed species occurs in primary and secondary forests, without affinity to particular forest types. It can suffer from deforestation and is sometimes harvested for consumption.

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Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse Wikipedia


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