Red tree rat

Red tree rat
Scientific classification
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 Indonesia.

References

  1. Aplin, K.; Helgen, K.; Lunde, D.; Ruedas, L. (2008). "Pithecheir melanurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T17400A7012341. Retrieved 6 August 2016.


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