Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse

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Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Chiropodomys
Species:
C. calamianensis
Binomial name
Chiropodomys calamianensis
(Taylor, 1934)
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The Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys calamianensis) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is known from lowland forest near sea level, coconut groves, and bamboo thickets. [1] It is endemic to the Palawan Faunal Region in the Philippines. [1] [2] It has been recorded on Balabac, Busuanga, Palawan, Dumaran, and Calauit islands. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Chiropodomys calamianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T4679A115069993. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. ↑ 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. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.


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