Red tree rat
Species of rodent
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Pithecheir |
Species: | P. melanurus |
Binomial name | |
Pithecheir melanurus Lesson, 1840 |
The red tree rat (Pithecheir melanurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in western Java, Indonesia.
References
- ^ Aplin, K.; Helgen, K.; Lunde, D.; Ruedas, L. (2008). "Pithecheir melanurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T17400A7012341. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T17400A7012341.en.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1438–1439. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordate
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Muridae
Division
Grammomys |
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Lamottemys |
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Oenomys (Rufous-nosed rats) |
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Thallomys (Acacia rats) |
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Thamnomys (Thicket rats) |
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Division
Batomys (Luzon and Mindanao forest rats) |
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Carpomys (Luzon rats) |
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Crateromys (Cloudrunners) |
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Phloeomys (Slender-tailed cloud rats) |
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Division
Eropeplus |
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Lenomys |
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Lenothrix |
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Margaretamys (Margareta's rats) |
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Pithecheir (Monkey-footed rats) |
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Pithecheirops |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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